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Creating Gender-Inclusive Style Assessments
BU Style on Pride. In honor of Pride month, we wanted to offer a couple of resources who might want to shop with this value in mind. But that might look like a couple of different things: Gender neutral clothing (that is actually fun and full of Personality, not boring and overly “neutral”). Queer-owned businesses (shop your values!). Companies that focus on body and gender diversity in their advertising campaigns (because inclusivity is also about representation)
A BU Beauty Beginner-Friendly Guide to Makeup Brushes
A quick makeup brush guide, and some words of advice on how to get started! Beginner-friendly, but experts will also love this advice!
Dressing for Your "Body Type": Introducing the ABC's of Dressing
How to throw our thinking of yourself as a “type,” and instead apply the ABCs to dress with positivity! Moving away from apple, pear, and strawberry. Instead, moving towards healthy and body-positive/neutral terms!
Dressing for a Postpartum Body, Maintaining Your Identity, and Dressing for a Changing Body
How clothing can support your connection with yourself post-partum. Loss of identity can be crushing, identity loss, depression… all of this is common for young mothers. Let’s use clothes to help us stay connected to ourselves!
Give Your Clothes a New Opportunity: Resources Post Closet Cleanout
Pre-loved, pre-owned, second hand, used… There are a lot of synonyms for places to find previously owned clothes. A lot of these options involve consignment or thrift stores, which in many other countries are known as “opp shops.” But what does “opp shop” mean? Opportunity.
BU Beauty: Considerations while Shopping for "Ethical" Beauty
As BU Style expands the importance of BU Beauty, that means we have to put equal care into the work we do for ethical and sustainability standards there as we do for clothes.
Use Clothing to be Kind to Yourself During the Holidays—Clothes as an Untapped Mental Health Tool
We put on clothes every day, so why not do it thoughtfully and strategically? Personally, I’ll be using a combination of these tips over the holiday period…
Dressing for a “No Dress Code” Office
Even before COVID, dress codes and wardrobe guidelines were loosening up or being eliminated, especially in more creative industries. While this may feel liberating, I have heard from many clients that this causes more confusion and anxiety when it comes to dressing for the office. On the other side, I have consulted with businesses expressing exasperation at the way some of their employees are dressing but they don’t know how to communicate their expectations in an empowering way.
Here are some tips if you are confounded by your no dress code office style.