Mavis Gallant

They fit even on “fat” days, last more then one season and spiff up even plain-Jane ensembles!

In this edition of Fashion Bytes, host Tori Blackhart talks about the trends in handbags and briefcases. If you are really into fashion, you know that feeling of lusting madly over a luscious new handbag each season. That perfect fun, fresh, handbag that will totally complete your wardrobe!

So tune in as Tori discusses the various styles in handbags and briefcases as well as how to choose the best one for your body type, your style and your needs.

Check out our group site for additional information on purchasing handbags and briefcases by clicking on Join the Discussion button above. You will find resources and links to additional information related to this podcast. Be sure and Yak Bak, ask questions and share your favorite fashion tips and resources – what you share may be just what someone else is looking for.

We would like to thank our podcast sponsors who make this free podcast  possible:

Visit Corporate Gift Pro for Premium Wine Totes, Wine Coolers, Wine & Cheese Accessories, sporty Picnic Backpacks, elegant Picnic Baskets, Coffee & Tea Totes, Barbeque Tools, Garden Tools, Executive Putter Sets, Outdoor Gifts and more from Picnic Time’s diverse line of products. Send Flowers or order a gift of Wine! Offering unique custom gift ideas and solutions to the challenge of corporate, promotional, incentive and executive gift giving. Buy one item or a cart full. Visit www.CorporateGiftPro.com for something for anyone’s unique taste!

Cooler weather is arriving in various degrees around the country. In this issue of Fashion Bytes, the discussion continues on the Fall Fashion Trends, focusing on coats, capes, jackets and sweaters.

So snuggle up as the temperature drops and listen to this podcast as host Tori Blackhart brings you up to date on the complete range of outer wear categories with emphasize on the various styles, colors, fabrics and textures available.

Be sure and check out our social network by clicking on Join the Discussion button for this Fashion Bytes show. There you will find other resources, links, the definitions mentioned in the podcast and much more. And be sure and Yak Bak; ask questions and share your favorite fashion tips or resources – what you share may be just what someone else is looking for.

We want to thank our sponsor:

ConnectingPointe is a company dedicated to whole person wellness by supporting you in Body, Mind & Spirit. The experiential coaching method involves the active participation of coach and client, addressing the whole person and emphasizing action leading to a more effective process for living. It is a unique coaching relationship that consistently offers an extraordinary level of support and encouragement. Our goal is to set up a coaching relationship with you that is an alliance between two equals. Focused on you, on what you want in life and on what will support you to achieve a life of ease, grace and abundance.

ConnectingPointe is also dedicated to supporting those people who are ready to make a difference in their own lives while making a difference on a global basis. Contact ConnectingPointe by email ConnectingPointe@earthlink.net or by calling 1-888-427-4638. Visit our website at ConnectingPointe.com.

Ever thought about a career as a makeup artist? Curious about what happens on a movie set?

In this episode of TwentySomething Style, host Tori Blackhart begins a 2-part conversation with veteran fashion, film and TV makeup artist, Lydia Milars. Join us now for Part 1 as Lydia tells how us how she got into the industry. Her story provides insights into how you, too, can get started and thrive as a makeup artist whether in salons, fashion, celebrity, print, film or TV. Lydia also shares some behind-the-scenes stories of some of the sets she’s worked on like Sea Biscuit, A Cinderella Story, and Mad TV.

Do you have questions for Lydia or comments in general? Go to TwentySomethingYak.groupsites.com and click on the join the discussion button. Join the discussion and let us know what your thoughts are about makeup. Do you wear it? Do you have questions on how to apply it? We’d love to hear from you!

Sponsor for this podcast is “Conversations with Mrs. Claus”, a podcast for families, found on TheFamilyYak.com channel.

As fall arrives, Fashion Bytes takes a look at the Fall and Winter footwear collections. In this very consumer driven market the customer is looking for 3 things, price, details and quality. If the shoe has all three, it’s a formula for success.

Host Tori Blackhart takes us on a short jaunt through the shoe and boot industry’s Fall offerings with an eye toward the shoe formula for success. Platform and stilettos, thick chunky heels, tapered heels, squared off toes, Mary Janes, new fabrics, combinations of buckles and details, all of these will be covered in this podcast.

We would love to hear from you about your shoe shopping experience! Did the quality, details and price make a good fit for you? Just click on the Join the Discussion button which takes you to our secure social network where you can post your comments on what you find. Are you happy with the quality you see in the styles being offered? Are they a good value for the price? What is your reaction to the various styles being offered this season? Pictures representing each of the styles mentioned in the podcast will also be posted on our groupsite, WomensStyleNetwork.groupsite.com . So be sure and check them out and get back to us with your comments and questions.

Thanks to our sponsor, Joy Weston, popular motivational speaker, sought-after Self-esteem coach and internationally published best-selling author. Joy’s podcast, “Putting the Extraordinary in the Ordinary… with Joy” can be found on our sister channel, Lifestyleyak.com.

~Author Unknown

What do you want to be for Halloween? Remember that childhood question? Well, it’s not just a question for children anymore. Whether you are taking little ones out for Trick or Treat-ing or going to a Halloween party, a costume may be in your near future. Host Tori Blackhart shares some fun tips and suggestions for dressing for the season.Visit TwentySomethingYak.com for all the fun.

Remember all those fashion “rules” we were never supposed to break, much less question when it came to what we “should and shouldn’t wear”? Well times have changed and what was once a “never wear…” — today, ain’t necessarily so!
As Katharine Hepburn said, “If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.”

She may have been speaking about larger things than simply fashion, but there are no rules to fashion today except to look good. The key to sharp dressing is to bring out your own personality.

Listen to Tori Blackhart with Fashion Bytes as she explores some of those iron clad fashion myths we’ve been told over the years.

We invite your participation in this discussion, by visiting our secure group site to share some of the myths that you recall. What’s your favorite one?! Simply click on the Join The Discussion button — and join in the fun. Yak Bak with Tori and other listeners, ask questions, share your own fashion tips, as well as access all the extras — related resources, videos and articles that we have posted for you.

Our thanks to our sponsor for this show:
Twenty Something Style, which may be found on TwentySomethingYak.com one of the many channels of the global Yaktivate.com Podcast Network.

Go visit TwentySomethingStyle.com for all the details.

~Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel

Accessories are what turn an outfit into fashion. They are no longer an extra; they are a narrative that can transform last season’s outfit into the most stunning and fashionable in the room today.  On the Fashion scene, a change in season usually brings change to your whole wardrobe while trends in fashion accessories don’t necessarily appear one season only to disappear the next.  Sometimes trends can last several seasons. This edition of “Fashion Bytes” shows you the various trends in accessories and how to keep you au currant this fall and into 2010. Listen in to Tori Blackhart and see if you can catch the 4 strongest, must have fashion trends this season that are applicable to each accessory category. Then be sure and check your closet and drawers, you may already have some of these trendy items on hand!

Be sure and “Yak Bak” to us by clicking on the Join the Discussion button; let us know what you have found in your drawers or closet that is relevant again this season! Post your comments or your favorite accessories tips – what you post may be just what someone else is looking for.  And as always, we love listener suggestions as to topics you’d like us to cover in a Fashion Byte.

A special thank you to our sponsor today, Dr. Christine Horner, surgeon, author and speaker. Dr. Horner’s passion is teaching the keys to extraordinary health by learning to make the right choices every day – not only about our diet but in other areas in our life as well. Dr. Horner podcasts on the Yaktivate.com network, too. Her show, “Natural Health Yak” can be found on one of our sister channels, RadioForYourHealth.com.

Power to the people!  That has been both a political rallying cry and a song by John Lennon (released in 1971) but it also epitomizes the trend of fashion design that comes from the people and trickles up to the fashion houses.  Listen in as host Tori Blackhart takes you on a journey that showcases how the people have influenced the fashions of today, and during the past, instead of the fashion houses alone decreeing what was in style.  A special stop on this journey is Woodstock, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this month.  Ripped jeans and tie-dyed shirts were the order of the day and a look at some of the styles today reveal the same thing.  People Rule!

We invite you to click on the Join the Discussion button to add your comments and questions about fashion, style and trends.   And hey, give us your reflections on Woodstock fashion.  Do you still have a tie-dyed shirt hiding in your closet?

Our thanks to our sponsor:
Fred Migliore, host of FM Odyssey, the long-running nationally syndicated radio show, has done it again with the special Woodstock 40th Anniversary program.  The show brilliantly weaves together the music, the times and the politics of Woodstock.  Fred is joined by legendary NY radio personality, Pete Fornatale, who’s new book “Back To The Garden” provides incredible insight to this show. Original interviews include Joe Cocker, Stephen Stills John Sebastian, Country Joe and Richie Havens.

FM Odyssey shows stream continuously on our sister channel at www.BoomerYak.com.  And you can catch the Woodstock show at www.prx.org

Be sure to get the FM Odyssey 2-CD interview retrospective interview with Dan Fogelberg.  Dan passed away from advanced prostate cancer on December 16th, 2007 at the age of 56.

During that interview, Fred engaged Dan in a wonderful, animated conversation about Dan’s first 25 years in the music business. You will hear 13 full-length songs, including “Same Old Lang Syne,” “Nether Lands,” “The Last Nail,” and “Mountains To The Sea,” as well as Dan’s thoughts on many of those songs.

This 2-CD Collector’s Edition is available for $29.95 at FModyssey.com

Three dollars from each CD sold will go to the Prostate Cancer Foundation in Dan’s name.

“This is a must for any true Dan fan. We have had the pleasure of hearing this, and it is indeed a treasure!”
- Dan Fogelberg’s endorsed fan site, TheLivingLegacy.net

It may still be summer and you may be sweltering with the heat, looking for a way to cool off, but as backward as it may sound, now is the time to browse the sales to build your Fall wardrobe. You’ll find that clothing stores will have sales on both last season’s fall and winter clothes as well as sales and specials on the new Fall merchandise now hitting the racks. It’s not always easy to think about sweaters or jackets when the temperature is in the 90’s, but hey, the stores are air conditioned – a great place to cool off! – and every Frugal/Budget Fashionista or Recessionista knows that the best way to score a great deal is in off season shopping!

In this issue of FashionBytes, Tori Blackhart gives you tips on some of the Fall trends available now, both in shops and online, as well as some items to keep an eye out for that will update your wardrobe this fall and winter. Listen and find out how “casual dressing grows up.”

To find links to a variety of websites featuring sale clothing, click on the “Join the discussion” button above and it’ll take you to our secure group site. Besides giving you lots of information on great clothing buys on the internet, we’re including info on incredible sample sales available in about a dozen cities. And now those sample sales, which have only been available in certain cities – well guess what? They are now available online! We’ll have all that info and more on our group site for you to check out!

Our thanks to our sponsor:

ConnectingPointe – “Where Your Yesterday & Tomorrow Meet Your Today”

ConnectingPointe is a company dedicated to whole person wellness by supporting you in Body, Mind & Spirit. Their goal is to set up a coaching relationship focused on you; on what you want in life and on what will support you to achieve a life of ease, grace and abundance.