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Keeping It Smart with Geek-Chic Style
By Miranda PoppWalking around the office clad in a lab coat and safety glasses are requirements, but Jennifer Chu is no ordinary chemist. She stands out not only in the office with her style, but anywhere she goes in what she defines as “geek-chic” fashion.Her everyday style is as timeless as what comes to mind when one thinks of Jackie Kennedy Onassis. Whether it’s a vintage J.Crew button-up shirt or monogrammed cardigan, a Lacoste dress from her high school days, or a modern look with simple, clean lines in a piece from Jenna Lyons, Jennifer [...]
Making “Mom Jeans” a Good Thing
By Miranda PoppWhether you’re scrolling through your social media newsfeed or running around town, you’re likely to see someone in an outfit that Britney Renbarger has pulled together. She’s taking the internet by storm with her curated fashion collection as she’s dressing moms across our city and the nation. Her personal style as a wife and busy mom of two daughters, Kenlea, 7, and Karsyn, 15 months, can be defined as classy with a little edge, yet conservative. “I like clothes that are comfortable and still stylish, basically clothes that don’t scream, ‘I’m a mom.’” [...]
What We Love About Rachelle Starr’s Mission
By Miranda PoppIt’s about more than the renowned pastries, but rather about the mission behind it. Her Drive: Rachelle Starr, founder and executive director of Scarlet Hope and Scarlet’s Bakery, learned how to bake from her mother and has been making wedding cakes for more than a decade. In 2007, however, this mission-minded Louisville gal felt the call to aid exploited women. Through Scarlet’s Hope, her non-profit organization, she helps women locally and around the nation transition from working in the adult entertainment industry to a second chance at a new life by offering them [...]
What We Love About Her {Mom} Style
By Miranda PoppShe delivers the evening news with sophistication and style via the air waves of NBC affiliate, Wave 3. What you don’t see is that this Louisville mom of 8-year-old twin boys, Colt and Cade, and wife of Kendall Cogan, has mastered delivering the perfect look when she’s off the air, as well. A look we’re calling “mom” style. Shannon Cogan says that her kids know she has these two different looks — “TV mom” and “home mom.” Her Style:“Be comfortable, but still be you.” Shannon’s favorite ensemble has a chic, everyday feel and [...]
What We Love About Her Style
By Miranda PoppThis local entrepreneur and army veteran is unabashedly frank about where she came from, what she’s doing, and where she’s going. RaeShanda Johnson, founder and CEO of All is Fair in Love and Fashion, has been handing out style advice since she was a young girl. “I’ve always been overdressed and a little extra.”“Size and fit are important,” RaeShanda says, “but personality will let me know how to style you. Focus on what you have and what makes you confident, rather than what you’d like for yourself to be.” She says to think [...]