Now that Memorial Day is here, I can finally wear white shoes again. Please recommend something casual. I should mention that I wear a size 12.  —Antonia Manolo says, have ...

Manolo, I love your shoe recommendations, but, unfortunately, I’m just a poor working girl who struggles each month to get by. Can you recommend a pair of sandals for me tha...

Prada shoes at 70 percent off! Frette sheets for $150 a set, not $450! Four days at a Puerto Rican beach resort for the price of two! If you’re among the thousands of shoppe...

My daughter will soon graduate from eighth grade at Catholic school. All the girls will wear the same style white dress with a fitted bodice, wide straps and  full skirt, whi...

Nigerian-born designer Duro Olowu’s print-heavy, color-saturated clothes have garnered high-profile clients including Michelle Obama — at equally high price tags. But the ...

Landing the right pair of glasses is as crucial for your appearance as it is for your eyesight. “Glasses are the ultimate fashion accessory, because they are often the first...

From the depths of Snowmageddon 2013, I implore  you to show me some fun, sunny, light-hearted shoes to make me feel better. I want to see shoes that will reassure me that th...

At the beginning of April I’m supposed to be a bridesmaid for my sister in a long, dove-gray, empire-waist dress. I will then be eight months pregnant, so it will almost cer...

After many re-heelings and much tender loving care, my favorite pair of super-practical, low-heeled, black leather ankle boots have finally given up the ghost. These are boots...

I’ve just landed my first real post-college job as a research assistant with a think tank. (I won’t say which one; I’ll just say that my male co-workers wear bow ties an...

Anyone who says all fashion riffs on the past hasn’t seen the modern womenswear that Amy Smilovic designs for Tibi (sold locally at Wink and Urban Chic in Georgetown and Blo...

I’m a 28-year-old man who’s found the love of his life. I wish to propose matrimony on Valentine’s Day in a traditional, get-down-on-one-knee sort of way. I’ve got a n...

Two weeks ago the workroom of the Keegan Theatre, Shadia Hafiz was digging around in a pile of old women’s underwear. No, the 29-year-old costume designer doesn’t have a w...

Because of past experiences, which I shall not describe, I’ve come to hate Valentine’s Day.  This year I’ve got a new boyfriend who’s romantic enough to do right by t...

On a recent shopping trip with my curvy pal J., we spent a fruitless hour and a half in a Nordstrom dressing room hunting for a size 16 cocktail outfit. One lacy tunic flatter...