The 2025 Guide to Alternatives to Shorts

Are alternatives to shorts your most pressing fashion conundrum every summer? If so, you’re not alone. This blog originated many years ago out of my own aversion to shorts. But it is our readers who have made it one of the RLS blog’s most popular annual features.

Pantone Color of the Year 2024: Peach Fuzz

It’s official, 2024’s Pantone Color of the Year is Pantone 13-1023, Peach Fuzz. According to Pantone’s description of the color, “Peach Fuzz captures our desire to nurture ourselves and others. It’s a velvety gentle peach tone whose all-embracing spirit enriches mind, body and soul.”

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Find Your Comfortable Outfit for Thanksgiving 2020

Choose one of the three fashion formulas in the blog for a comfortable outfit for Thanksgiving 2020 and you can be comfortable, confident, and chic this holiday season.

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A Stylish Face Mask Round-Up

The most universal fashion item right now? The stylish face mask, of course. At RLS, we believe you should always make an effort to feel and look put-together, even while running errands or taking your kids to the park.

Must-Haves for Working From Home: An Elevated Top

Here we are again, trying to get you out of your exercise clothes! Yes, you need washable clothing when you are home all day, alternating between work, childcare, and housework. However, if you look put-together, you will feel put-together.

Must-Haves for Working From Home: Comfy Pants

I don’t know about you, but my “dress” pants haven’t seen the light of day in the last two and a half months. I’ve been living in pants made of cotton, jersey, ponte, and technical stretch fabrics, just like everyone else. I’m writing this blog while wearing linen shorts. Funny how linen feels fancy all of a sudden!

Must-Haves for Working From Home: Easy Breezy Dresses

We all need simple these days, don’t we? Dresses caught on like wildfire about 10 years (or was it more?) ago because once women discovered the one and done lifestyle, there was no turning back. No matter how hard the fashion industry has tried to get women to go back to the blouse and skirt combo, they have refused. Summer is coming, our lives are only getting busier and our need for comfort even greater.