There was a time – in the not so distant past – that a woman simply did not wear pants Indicative of our more "subservient" roles in life, we were relegated to dresses and skirts, even when riding horseback and doing physical labor, such as harvesting crops on a farm

Do you remember the phrase, "Girls who wear glasses, never get passes" Well, gone are the days of the wallflower, the mousy women behind cats-frame, coke-bottle eyeglasses who got overlooked at dances and parties

What does it mean when we say that someone has a style all their own Does it mean she’s quirky

As any high school student will tell you, your fashion is very important when it comes to what others think of you Now maybe that isn’t the way it should be, but the idea that, “the clothes make the man,” (or woman, in our case) is simply, quite often, the truth

Despite the ever-present message that thin is in, most executives (and even the average Joe or Jane on the street) would definitely say that when it comes to appearances, confidence and empowerment trump dress size any day of the week That's why what we're all really selling, underneath our dress slacks, silk tops and expensive blazers, is self-esteem

There was a time when women had to make all of their own clothes Patterns were passed down from mother to daughter, and girls learned homemaking arts from the earliest days of childhood

This is the time of year that our finances just seem to FLY out the window Lots of presents to buy, decorations to hang, people to visit