#Beauty
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#Egyptians #Antique #Vintage fashion
#Michael Kors
#Office Style #Chic
#Working Girl #Fashion #Handbags
~Career Girl Style Cheat Sheet!~
9:34 AMCapitol de Beaute Blog by Melanie Woodroffe
Oh, career wear isn't what it used to be! Thank goodness! Can you imagine wearing the tight, revealing dresses or skirts to work like the ladies on the episodes of Madmen?! As sexy as it appears on those ladies, having the perpetual wrinkled ripple from the naval to the top of the thighs is not professional & can cut off circulation, if you happen to sit too long! Yikes!
Blazers are back & add a polished look to your working wardrobe! Great for a chilly office too! {and yes, I said 'blazer', they still exist, but if you must, say 'jacket', that's fine too!} Think linen, flowing light weight jersey or cotton blends.
And remember, wear clothes that fit you no matter what the size, too snug equals ugh!

Check out a few ideas below and on my Cool Girls Wear This Pinterest Board too! So many great options!
I am totally into mix and match classic pieces, graphic prints, neutrals with a dot of color & delicious, fun accessories! Blazers are back & add a polished look to your working wardrobe! Great for a chilly office too! {and yes, I said 'blazer', they still exist, but if you must, say 'jacket', that's fine too!} Think linen, flowing light weight jersey or cotton blends.
And remember, wear clothes that fit you no matter what the size, too snug equals ugh!
#Christian Dior
#Cold #Weather #Chill Pill American Eagle Outfitters
#J.Crew
~How to Stylishly take the Chill Off!!~
2:40 PMCapitol de Beaute Blog by Melanie Woodroffe
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Birkin
Hermes
~What's a Birkin without Jane Birkin?!~Well, it's just an extremely overpriced handbag!
11:37 AMCapitol de Beaute Blog by Melanie Woodroffe
Let's face it!
The 'average' everyday Hermes Birkin bag costs about $10,000! That's for the normal, kick around everyday average rich person, not a billionairess or celebrity quite yet, but your successful startup has a startup and you have extra angel fund money to burn!
You could give that 10k as a bonus to your awesome beck and call assistant, who is living pay check to pay check, while trying to pay off the astronomical student loans she acquired getting her Master's to become your assistant, but no, that's her business.
You deserve this Birkin, and being averagely basic, you are buying it!
I have never quite understood the obsession over the Birkin. Jane Birkin's style has always been low key & casual chic. She's well known for carrying a damn picnic basket around on her arm, for God's sake! {See Here!} And now she wants her name removed from the Crocodile Birkin {if not all Birkins}, which will deem it just an ordinary $60,000+ handbag! {that's 10 Large 2.55 Chanel Bags, give or take inflation!} and Darlings, when we speak of Chanel, we speak of the hard working Coco's design legacy, making anything Chanel well worth the money!
No offense to Jane Birkin or Hermes.
Anyway, it will be interesting to watch all of this un-Birkin-ing unfold! What will happen to the Birkin when Jane removes her name?
#Alexander McQueen
#Balmain
#Chanel
~Fall Fashion Future Forward Fervor!! What Autumn 2015 will look like 10 weeks from now! Get ready to Seriously Chill.
3:02 PMCapitol de Beaute Blog by Melanie Woodroffe
Bastille day
fashion
French
~Vive La Fete Nationale!!~or if you're American with not a bit of French heritage, Happy Bastille Day! Just say Oui!
1:00 PMCapitol de Beaute Blog by Melanie Woodroffe
#captioldebeaute
Beauty
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~I'm all for a bad arse marketing campaign!!~ Harrods I | The Superbrands Have Landed - June 2015 | Fashion Womenswear
5:23 PMCapitol de Beaute Blog by Melanie Woodroffe
Beam me down Scotty!
This ad campaign has everything I love! Thunder, lightening, fashion, London, Harrods & is technology enabled!
It's beyond Fantastic!
art
Atlanta
Balvenie
~From the Instagram Files of Capitol de Beaute!!~Yep, it's been awhile! Feast your peepers!
5:36 PMCapitol de Beaute Blog by Melanie Woodroffe
As a product reviewer, copy writer & blogger, I spend a great deal of time at my desk, so Desk life requires a lot of creativity to stay interested & focused, that's why I try to change things up daily! When out & about town, I look for inspirations every where I go. The tiniest things can spark the imagination, I carry two notebooks and use my iPhone constantly to record notes about the things I see & could quite possibly include in my writing, sometimes, I just bring what I love home with me!
One of my favorite quotes! Who doesn't love witty & pretty!
Dale Chihuly is an amazing artist! I took this video at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens!
Then I purchased one of his book of works the next day! Lovely stuff!
As you can see throughout my posts, flower arranging is one of my other favorite things! I love fresh flowers on my desk daily!
I love Fashion & this book! It's fantastic for all ages!
I love jewelry too! This is from one of my many collections! Gorjana necklace and Loren Hope bracelet! Visiting Tony Bowls showroom in Atlanta is like walking through the closet of a fairy tale! Gorgeous gowns!
The Balvenie! Choice whisky! I attended a press event during the American Craft Council and sipped my way right into a major buzz! Really good stuff! Loved the Portwood!
Snipping bright pink azalea and admiring my Grandmother's beautiful garden chair!
One of many of Atlanta's beautiful days! I snapped this as I walked out of a meeting!
Not one to be celebrity struck, however, meeting the super sweet and talented Whitney Port was so refreshing!
Whitney Port Collection Runway Show at Americasmart Atlanta
{all photos and video by Capitol de Beaute}
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#jewels #style #fashion #vintage #collections #mystuff #antiques #happy #instagram
Holidays
~From the Capitol de Beaute Instagram Files~Stuff I love from my own collection of stuff I love! Merry, Merry!
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#dreams #goals #inspirations #affirmations #purpose #truth
#fashionblogger
be good
~The Power of the Inspired!!~Strength, Dedication, Inspiration, and Aspiration.
9:00 AMCapitol de Beaute Blog by Melanie Woodroffe
Here's some sweet inspirations to help you through the day.
When you work for yourself, some days feel like it's you against the world, but know this, it isn't. There is a higher power that gives you drive and endurance, this power fires up your passion & even in your least pleasant moment, when you are the most tired, an idea forms. This idea, if seized right away, paves the way to something brighter and creates a better you, then ignites the energy that you need to go forward.
Stay the path. Godspeed.
xo























