A visit to the Swan and Bower Emporium in Cannon Falls, MN

Women hire me to come into their closets for a number of reasons. Often they have hit a wall and like their clothes but, are having a...

By Twin Cities Stylist Kathy Banta Summer 2023 definitely has "a look". Some of the trends we're seeing are easy to incorporate into our...

Last week I traveled to Nebraska to visit family. On Tuesday, it was 104 degrees. On Wednesday, there was a drastic change and it was...

June is here. Here in Minnesota, high school graduations are this coming weekend and after that grad parties, barbeques and the season...

Do you remember in 2016 when the bell sleeves appeared in clothing? We saw it come in on sleeves of blouses and then dresses. Pretty...

This is a topic that I am covering with much hesitation. I am not a t-shirt girl. I own maybe three. I don't like the way jersey...

Years ago, as Summer approached I realized I was dreading it. I began to dissect my feelings, to figure out why. I love to sit in the...

Often we see a trend come to the stores in a soft push and then the next year it comes in HOT. That is the case of the Boiler suit,...

For the last four months I have been volunteering at the Basic Needs Thrift Shop in Cottage Grove. I've been working in back, sorting...

If you've walked the Mall, a Target store or a college campus recently, you know that plaid coats are huge this season. And layering a...

It's funny to me how it can be Summer one day and the next be Fall. It doesn't feel like a gradual lowering of temps; no, it seems like...

Some people just make style look so effortless. This energetic and fun look of an over-sized sweater is popular but, not for everyone....

When I was a little girl I had a purple umbrella with a picture of Mary Poppins on the it. Oh, how I loved that umbrella! It made me...

When I'm hired to go into a woman's closet to assess what she has and what she needs to make her wardrobe more versatile, I look to see...

The jewelry trends of 2021 are classics gone a new direction. We'll see linked chains, pearls, medallions, and hoop earrings. But, each...

I hate trading out my handbag. It just takes too much of an effort. But, I know many of you have great fondness for having that perfect...

I was reading Lucia van der Post's book "Things I wish My Mother Had Told Me". It's a book that covers fashion rules, etiquette and...

This week I went shopping with a gentleman that needed to polish his wardrobe and elevate his look. He'd taken a job in a leadership...