Like all of the stylish moms I’ve featured, Birgit Grossmann Coles inspires me with more than just her style. Birgit, an American of German heritage, is married to a Haitian and has been living in Haiti for 17 years. After the devastation of the 2010 earthquakes, this mother of 3 started Simbi Fashion, a Haitian-made […]
Style Secrets: BeautyMommy Caitlin Skidmore
I am so inspired by Caitlin Skidmore of Greater Than Rubies, and I know you will be, too. In 2012, she was so moved by the poverty she sees every day in her job as the coordinator of a poverty assistance program in North Central Texas that she gave up shopping. For a whole year. Twelve months without a […]
Mom Style Secrets: BeautyMommy Merrick White
Sometimes, I choose a stylish mom as much to inspire me as I do to inspire you. This is one of those times. After years of resisting my mother’s attempts to teach me to sew, I have come to terms with the fact that my inability to sew on a button isn’t charming – it’s annoying. […]
Mom Style Secrets: BeautyMommy Kristina Clemens
After years of shame and denial, I am ready to come clean on a painful subject. I am not crafty. Well, I am, but not in the good way. 😉 I have a stylish mom who can sew and knit beautifully and a sister who has refinished her own furniture and created gorgeous projects for […]
Mom Style Secrets: BeautyMommy Nanette De La Pena
Most days, I feel pretty busy. Too busy almost. It’s easy to get overwhelmed. So I try to stop and remind myself that this is possibly the busiest season of my life, and that one day, I will look back on the routine of work-volunteer-homework-activities-dinner that characterizes my everyday life and long for it, or, at […]
Mom Style Secrets from BeautyMommy Cozy Friedman
Cozy Friedman is a bit of a household name in the Manley home. We have used (and loved) her eponymous kids’ hair product line (love the multitaskers, especially!) and the girls turn to her book, Cozy’s Complete Guide to Girls’ Hair, regularly for inspiration. My inability to do hair is legendary, but even with my […]
10 Most Wearable Fall Trends for 2014
This is the thing. I could try to wow you with my in-depth knowledge of fall fashion trends, gleaned from hours spent watching runway footage instead of hammering out the deadline-du-jour, but why. You can watch the same runways, and see the same trend reports, yourself. So instead, let’s just talk about the fall trends […]
Mom Style Secrets from BeautyMommy Amber Wagner
I am so intrigued by the way other women put themselves together, especially while leading remarkably busy lives. Amber Wagner redefines busy. She is a fashion designer based in Napa Valley, California. Her swimwear line, Mia Marcelle, offers minimal yet sophisticated styles with exotic details and prints. Oh, and she’s also a mom of 6. Yes, […]
18 Beauty Mommy Must Haves
I don’t even want to think about what the number on my last birthday cake used to mean to me, years ago, when it was far-off and safely out of reach. There is a lot, too much, that I feel is behind me, and the list seems to grow longer every day. It includes, but […]
Mom Style Secrets from BeautyMommy Lena Antonacci
When I first spotted Lena Antonacci’s mom style, I was amazed by her ability to make the most casual pieces look chic and pulled together. Lena is a Canadian fashion industry buyer, wife and mom whose hip, effortless mom style is chronicled on her blog, Quality Rivets. Fortunately, she was willing to share a few of her […]