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  • CarilynVaile 5:47 pm on August 29, 2011 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , CVC1, essentials, , , YouTube   

    The Elegant Basic gets its time in the limelight! 

    Premium essentials are the backbone of the Carilyn Vaile collection. And this butter-soft V-neck has topped the best seller list season after season!

    Watch our colorful “basic” make these outfits anything but!

    Purchase the CVC1 essential in a rainbow of colors online @

    http://www.clothesbefitting.com

    http://www.RittmasterCarmel.com

    http://www.Vfashions.com

    http://www.Detailsdirect.com

    If your store is selling Carilyn Vaile products (or plan to) and you’d like a Swanky Sunday episode in your store… and posted on YouTube for all to see ;)  send an email to Carilyn@CarilynVaile.com and be sure to click the SUBSCRIBE button for more CV news, promotions, and fun marketing opportunities!

     

  • CarilynVaile 10:06 pm on August 21, 2011 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: back to school, , , , , linda carter, ,   

    Back to School in Swanky Style…The Wonder Woman way! 

    Swanky Style is of the upmost importance at times like these! Schedule a play date for your kids and get your swanky style on! Mom needs items that are wrinkle resistant, comfortable but also stylish (NO SWEATS, MAMA!), and can easily morph with little accents and accessories into entirely different outfits!

    I made this video for YOU! Growing up with Wonder Woman, I’m inspired by her ability to change outfits simply by spinning around….we may need a little extra help but with those 30
    Everyone is always focused on the kids heading back to school…they need a new bag, they need new shoes, new books, new pencils, on and on…but WHAT ABOUT US MOMS?! That’s the REAL issue here, isn’t it?! How are we gonna deal with this change in routine? The summer pace as certainly had an impact and if those of us who got to sleep in and stay up late haven’t begun changing our inner clocks we’re in for a big surprise!
    minutes on sundays to plan how you’ll make last that jumpsuit for the week-take a watch!

    And for fun–Check out my dream come true of just spinning around to change outfits instantly—Swanky Style the Wonder Woman way! Triple Ow!

     

  • CarilynVaile 10:54 am on August 18, 2011 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: 7th grade, , Casual, , dapplegrey, , Hammer, Honey, , Jordache, , Shopping,   

    1 pant – ALL WEEK! Swanky Sunday— Style Preview! 

    The Carilyn Vaile genie pant (aka "The Hammer pant") worn as a jumpsuit

    True to SuperWoman style & a dependence on wearing what’s closest to my bed- I’m taking one of my favorite items from the Carilyn Vaile collection and making it last  ALL WEEK….with the additional challenge of not hearing “didn’t you wear that yesterday?” (A question I know well & one that has painfully scorched its presence into my Stylelife…..Let me share… ;) )

    FLASHBACK:

    ———–

    7th grade. I was busy at my locker, minding my own dang business just getting ready for my next class…I was feelin’ good… I had on a precocious blouse (style was always important & I was often in my mother’s closet) with my tight Jordache jeans…

    Just about an hour previous I had checked-in on my outfit choice with my mother…

    ” mom, do you think anyone will know I wore these jeans yesterday?”, the concerned pre-teen (who, just a couple years earlier, was sleeping in her next days outfit saving herself the 5 minutes it took to dress…times had changed…LOL)

    With the absolute assurance that only a mother can give, she said:

    “Honey, if your top is different, no one will notice”…

    So, THATS what I did!

    I painted on yesterday’s Jordache jeans,  picked a different top and feeling like Farrah Fawcett I headed off to school…

    So here I am, busy at my locker, minding my own dang business just getting ready for my next class when…

    Not three minutes later, one of the shameless, rotten, no-good, despicable,  rich BOYS from my school says,

    “Didn’t you wear those jeans yesterday?!”

    ….AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH….MOOOOOOOMMMMMM WWWHHHYYY DDDDIIIDDD YYYOOUUU SSSAAAYY TTTHAAATTT????!!!!!!

    DEVASTATION. COMPLETE SHOCK….I felt like crying a river of humiliating tears and screaming: “BUT MY MOM SAID NO ONE WOULD NOTICE IF I JUST CHANGED MY TOP! WHY ARE YOU NOTICING?!”

    ….An opportunity to think on my feet had presented itself and though inside was still dying a slow, torturous, mortifying death I pulled my twelve year old self together, put on an Oscar worthy face, and replied,

    “NO! (in disgust), I have several of these jeans!” and looked at him like he was from another planet.

    ————–

    Looking back now I can see he was OBVIOUSLY (;PP) checking out my twelve year old tush so intensely that he could recognize the label on the pocket! hahahahahahahahaahah

    SOOOOOOOOO, anyways, this sunday – in homage to 7th grade – I will be wearing the same pant 7 days in a row! TAKE THAT, DUDE!

     

  • CarilynVaile 6:45 am on August 16, 2011 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: accessories, , , jersey dress, ,   

    1 dress worn 6 days in a row! Will I be found out?! LOL 

    Swanky Sundays started this week when I realized I needed to set a bit of time aside each Sunday before the week started devoted to my “Style-Life” since I was sick of wearing my Carilyn Vaile jumpsuit every single day(ya know, the one with the rope tie -you’ve all seen me in it many times!)

    Life in the fast lane often requires a gal to think on her feet and juggle many things at once. Unfortunately this can mean things like great style (or daily hair washing) can suffer. NOT ANYMORE! With 5 minutes each sunday you can set aside that special item that will hold its place on the chair next to your bed day after day BUT with great accessories & other key apparel items (called out during your “sunday swanky time”) not everyone will see you in your “rope-tie jumpsuit” over and over again! Double Ow! Check it out!

     

    • bonkasaurus 7:46 am on August 16, 2011 Permalink | Reply

      wow im in impressed! I an barely get any of my clothes to go one way rather than all 6.

      -Bianca at http://theinbetweengirls.wordpress.com/

      • CarilynVaile 6:58 am on August 17, 2011 Permalink | Reply

        Bianca,
        hahaaha! thank you so much! Ive turned my necessity into an “art” form! LOL
        thank you so much for stopping by!! A new Swanky Sunday will be out this week!

    • Emma G 6:33 pm on August 17, 2011 Permalink | Reply

      I love these kind of challenges as they really force you to get creative. Well done!

      • CarilynVaile 12:42 am on August 18, 2011 Permalink | Reply

        Thank you so much! Thanx for visiting too!

      • CarilynVaile 11:08 am on August 18, 2011 Permalink | Reply

        You are exactly right! And giving ourselves time to BE creative is so inspiring! Often when things are too easy a large part of our brain goes dormant and we lose that surge of excitement for life that comes from being forced to find alternatives in order to have the experience we want!

  • CarilynVaile 5:11 am on August 15, 2011 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , boho chic, ,   

    Swanky Sundays w/ Carilyn Vaile…episode 1 

     

    • timcoffeyart 10:01 am on August 16, 2011 Permalink | Reply

      Hi Carilyn, I really enjoyed your first episode of Swanky Sundays – I’m subscribing to your blog. Tim

      • CarilynVaile 6:56 am on August 17, 2011 Permalink | Reply

        Tim
        Thank you so much for subscribing! We are having fun over here learning how to edit! haha

  • CarilynVaile 12:45 am on August 15, 2011 Permalink | Reply  

    Just finished shooting the premiere episode of Swanky Sundays with Carilyn Vaile…. I ate shit on the way over when my hammer pants got rolled up in the back wheel of my 6 year olds scooter so now they’re tucked in my grannies for the ride home! Lesson learned. Ow! 

    Subscribe to my new blog!!
    http://Www.CarilynVaileBlog.com

    Savvy style for the speed of life!

    View the new collection here:
    http://Www.CarilynVaile.com

     

    • Jacqueline 5:39 pm on August 16, 2011 Permalink | Reply

      Ahahahahhaaaa – Only you Carilyn!!! Too awesome!!! :D

  • CarilynVaile 8:09 pm on August 14, 2011 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , how-to, , sunday   

    Swanky Sundays start today!

    Your weekly “style-life” in 5 fast minutes! Join me for some practical yet playful style secrets!

    Like the old “Name that Tune” game show, I can give you great style that lasts 7 days in in 10…9… 8… 7… 6…5… 4… 3.. items! Let the games begin!

     

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