Fashion Magazine Cliffnotes – Your Biggest Dressing Dilemmas… Solved

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         What are Achievable Fashion Magazine Cliff Notes?   Every month AF sifts and sorts through the sea of fashion information and reports what we know real women will use. We know the average woman is way too busy to sort through all the info – so we sift, sort and report for you.    Your [...]

Glamour Magazine – The Best Fall Skirts for Your Shape

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 Although this article is, “The Best Fall Skirts for Your Shape” – many of these skirts are classic so the information will remain useful.  Next to not having a Basic Classic Wardrobe, the biggest challenge to looking our best is finding the right fit in clothing.  That is why we are constantly on the search [...]

Glamour Magazine – 16 Flattering Coats!

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Winter is coming! Get the coats out!  Although the weather has been unusually mild this year in the Northeast – it is coming – coat season.  Instead of dreading the inevitable, embrace the season and get a great coat that makes you look and  feel like a million!      We found some info that [...]

Party Dresses for Your Shape – 16 Sexy Dresses!

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The holidays are here.   With the holidays come party invitations.   With party invitations comes the thought, “what will I wear?”  Here are 16 sexy dresses that will give you some great ideas.  They address different shapes, playing up good features and downplaying not so good ones.  Thanks    Glamour Magazine for the great tips!

The Rules of Plus-Size Style

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          At Achievable Fashion we are never concerned with being a certain size.  In fact we know most of us real women are nothing like the supper skinny models in the fashion magazines.   We believe looking great is never about being a 0 or Size 2 but rather about dressing correctly for you shape. [...]

Glamour Magazine – The Best Jeans for Your Shape

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This article in Glamour Magazine – “The Best Jeans for Your Shape,” gives great jean solutions for different body types.  Looking fabulous has nothing to do with what size we are; it has everything to do with dressing the shape we have properly. The Achievable Fashion Basic Classic Wardrobe has 2 pairs of jeans, 1 [...]

Denim Decoded – The Definitive Guide to Denim

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This month’s Real Simple Magazine has a great article on Denim – “Denim Decoded.” It shares what styles are in and which ones are out.  Plus find out what styles are best for you. Jeans are a wardrobe workhorse, which is why our Achievable Fashion Basic Classic Wardrobe has 2 pairs in it.  Jeans are [...]

Real Simple Fit Lab – Shift Dresses

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                                  Then                                                  Now ( Fall 2011 Giambattista – Valli Runway)   The fall 2011 Fashion Runways were loaded with Shift Dresses.  The shift dress was made popular in the 60’s.  Jackie Kennedy often wore a shift dress and may have helped make the shift dress become a must have item.  With this season’s return of [...]

10 Popular Questions About Buying Pants Answered!

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Buying pants may be one of the most annoying things in the world to do.  Our job at Achievable Fashion is to help you every step of your fashion journey — including how to find great fitting pants. Pants are part of The Achievable Fashion Basic Classic Wardrobe – no wardrobe can be complete without [...]

How to Not Look Fat in a Bathing Suit!

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Okay I am sure this article heading grabbed your attention – it got mine.  I don’t mean to be a repeater but really, the right fit can make you look 10 even 20 pounds lighter.  So why don’t we wear the right fit all the time? Most of us never take the time to learn what [...]