style
BEAU T Y
FRESH
NEW
YOU
The LHJ Makeover
YOU DON’T NEED
LOTS OF TIME
OR MONEY TO LOOK
YOUR BEST. TRY
OUR SIMPLE STYLE
AND BEAUTY TIPS
LOUISE SLOAN
Age 45
Senior articles editor at
Ladies’ Home Journal
¨SHOPPING WAS A TALL ORDER
for Louise, who relied on boring
b asics because it’s hard to find
clothes that fit her six-foot
frame . We steered her toward
BEFORE
Basic
styles
made me
look drab.
bright, fitted
knits she thought
she couldn’t wear
(like this dress,
which really shows
off her lean figure).
And we showed her that
many websites—J. Crew,
Banana Republic, Gap and
Ann Taylor among them—
carry a larger selection of tall
sizes than their brick-and-mortar counterparts do.
Louise is thrilled—and she
looks great!
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LADIES’ HOME JOURNAL
AUG 09
Coral beads
add a vibrant
contrast.
AFTER
A dose
of color
changes
everything!
Tall women
can pull off
oversized
This pretty teal accessories.
dress brought
out Louise’s
blue eyes.
In taupe, size
11 shoes
don’t look
clunky at all.
HAIR AND MAKEUP, NIKKI WANG. PROP S T YLIS T, KRIS TEN PETLISKI. DRESS, SHOSHANNA. SHOES, BANANA REPUBLIC. NECKLACE, ROXANNE ASSOULIN FOR LEE ANGEL. RING, ISLAND B Y CHRISTIAN LIVINGS TON.
BY SUE ERNETA AND MANDY HENDRIX
PHOTOGRAPHS BY KEITH LATHROP
