Stylish Monday & Link Up Party

The Sweater Edit According to Who What Wear, the sweater trends for this fall and winter season include the following: sets, embellishments – “adornments” and cutouts! In my book, all three of these are winners! If you’ve followed FTF for...

What to Wear to a Wedding

Wedding Guest Dressing Sadly, this season’s weddings have mostly been scaled way back due to the pandemic requiring a limited number of people in a given space. Mr. FTF and I haven’t attended a wedding in quit a few years....

Target Haul

Graphic T-Shirts Part 1 of 2 Do you ever run into Target to get one item and come out with a cart full? Asking for a friend! That might have just happened to me! I don’t recall what I needed...

Fall Trends 2020

CUTE IN CAMOUFLAGE The top style trends and prints for 2020 are tie -dye, animal prints and CAMOUFLAGE! Do any of those surprise you? I didn’t think so as you see them all over. FTF has also blogged about most...

Feature a Friend

Meet LaDonna of LDWatkins Designs Meeting interesting, creative women is one of the best parts about blogging and the investment of time on social media platforms. Some time ago I began to see posts by LaDonna and by other women wearing her...

Sizzl’in Summer Styles

Stylish Monday and Linkup Party Summers in Chicagoland can be a mixed bag of weather! Midwesterners laugh and say that if you don’t like the weather stick around; it will change in a few seconds. In general, it can be...

Lemon Print Summer Styling

Citrus Style The lemon trend is here to help you “squeeze” all the joy you can out of summer! The fashionable fruit motif is sure to add fresh-squeezed fun to your day and zest to your style! Don’t lemons and...

Star Spangled Style

Fun with July 4th Fashion Happy July friends! July is my favorite month of the year for many reasons! We’re fully into summer and it’s usually hot! Heat, sun, flowers, blue skies…all make me happy! July makes me think of...

Gingham Trends

How to Wear Gingham Gingham is a print that has been around for ages! In the fashion world, gingham, like florals and polka dots, rolls around every summer. When I think of gingham, I think of the traditional black and...

How to Style Bike Shorts

Bike Shorts Trend If you’re a mid-lifer like myself, you probably recall the bike short trend of the ’80s. The style was originally created for functional purposes: to hide marks created by sitting on a bicycle seat for extended periods....