Local designer Michael J. Nolte’s bridal gown collection has gone national

Over the years bridal consultant Michael J. Nolte couldn’t resist making changes to the gowns he ordered for his Overland Park salon.

Bold Patterns Celebrate the Season

You can spot them by the lively pale colors and the lightness of being.

They are mostly girlish, familiar and oh-so compelling after our brutal heartland winter. They are the new spring clothes surfacing in retail stores and magazines.

NY Fashion Week puts the accent on sumptuous styles for fall

Fall is months away. But it’s not too soon to start punching up the dazzle and high dollar style celebrated last month at New York’s fall Fashion Week.

The designer shows last month in Milan, Italy, offered some clues for men wondering what they will be wearing when the election is decided or the Chiefs get started again.

The color theme tended toward grays pumped up with a splash of red, orange or blue. A purple-cast wine seemed new. Tactile textured fabrics were strong, and classic silhouettes were tweaked only a bit.

Ann Willoughby of KC likes to ‘mix and match’ items she loves

Ann Willoughby has an out-of-the-way closet in her Kansas City basement where she stores clothes she no longer wears but loves too much to throw away.

Soar to fashion heights in feathers

They add glamour without much fuss. They require no extra steaming or special storage.

And they are air light, of course, compared to your grandmother’s brooch or the jewels locked in the vault.