80 THOUSAND GIVEAWAYS!

Ok so Dressed and Educated is going to reach 80,000 readers today and to celebrate I'm giving away presents! I wish I could give out 80,000 dollars or 80,000 prizes but well I'm not that cool yet. However, I am very thankful for your readership so leave a comment with your name and email and I'll enter you in a drawing to win something cool! I have cool PR bonus gifts for both men and women so don't be shy!




*Fine Print: Only persons with a US Shipping Address can win, and over the age 13.*

Quotes to Live By: A person has to keep something to herself...

 A person has to keep something to herself or your life is just a layout in a magazine.


Grace Kelly

Mother Lover

Audrey Hepburn and son Sean

Jackie Kennedy and Caroline

Lauren Bacall and son Stephen

Grace Kelly and Princess Caroline

Jane Birkin and children

Queen Elizabeth II and son Prince Charles

Quotes to Live By: You’ll find that men usually play fair...

You’ll find that men usually play fair, it’s all very well to say that you want to back out of a bargain because you’ve changed your mind. That’s supposed to be a woman’s privilege. But men don’t play the game that way. A man who says he’ll do a thing and then reneges, is soon put where he belongs, out in the cold.


Carole Lombard

New Additions

These babies are my new addition to my work wardrobe:

Jimmy Choo Whirl Weekend Flats, $375

Quotes to Live By: People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception...

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

Charles Dudley Warner

Keira Knightley Plays Dorothy in the Vogue December 2005 Issue's Edition of Wizard of Oz

Quotes to Live By: If you can't laugh at yourself, life's gonna...

If you can't laugh at yourself, life's gonna seem a whole lot longer than you like.


Garden State

Kirstin Dunst as Marie Antoinette in the September 2005 Issue of Vogue

Photographed by Annie Leibovitz.

Quotes to Live By: The only way to enjoy anything in this life...

The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.


Ginger Rogers

Get Blake Lively's Very Lovely Locks

Blake Lively’s go-to hair gal is Jennifer Johnson, the lead stylist on Gossip Girl spoke to Marie Claire Magazine and Ning Chao. I've paraphrased  Johnson  and Chao as they reveal how she create Lively’s sexy waves each day on set.  To read the  full article on Marie Claire online click here. 

Step 1: Shampoo with Kérastase Bain Satin 2. Jennifer Johnson uses the Kérastase mask on Blake twice a week as. "Her hair gets styled every day for the show, so it goes through a lot.” 

Step 2: While hair is still wet,  Jennifer spritzes Blakes roots with a David Babaii Bohemian Beach Spray (which is hard to find out of Australia). I recommend Fekkai Beach Waves instead.   Johnson says “beach spray isn’t sticky and gives Blake a lot of lift at her roots. Then I lift her hair up with a Mason Pearson brush and blow dry the roots to create volume.” 

Step 3: After Blake's hair is dry, Johnson takes random, one or two inch-wide sections of Blake’s hair and wrap them around a curling iron.  I recommend a clipless iron-like  the Sedu "Revolution 1 Clipless Curling Iron . She holds the iron vertically and wraps the hair around it, leaving about half an inch out. On the sides of the head, she wraps the hair away from the face. In the back, she wraps it in different directions so the hair doesn’t become one big curl.

Step 4: Rub a small amount of Kérastase Lait Nutri-Sculpt for Blow Dry Protection between palms and rake fingers through hair ends, starting from underneath and avoiding the root area. “Blake has a big old head of hair and I just use a pea size. If your ends are a little dry, this styling cream seals them and makes them look healthy.” 

Step 5: Using fingers instead of a brush or comb, pull hair back into a loose bun and secure with a large hairpin (elastics will create a dent). “Blake sits with the bun while she’s getting her makeup done. These 30 minutes help the hair set and loosens the curling iron curls.” 

Step 6:  Johnson says “After I take her hair out of the bun, I’ll tease Blake’s roots with the Mason Pearson. I lift the hair up and brush down once to add lift.” 

Blake Lively as Serena Van Der Woodsen with co-star Penn Badgley as Dan Humphrey on Gossip Girl

Drew Barrymore, Grace Coddington and Annie Leibovitz Recreate Beauty and the Beast in Vogue 2005

Quotes To Live By: The way to change others' minds is with affection...

"The way to change others' minds is with affection, and not anger." 

Dalai Lama

Forever After: The Joanna Hillman Wedding

On November 5th 2011, Senior Market Editor of Harper's Bazaar Joanna married Aram Green in New York City.

Hillman wore a vintage dress from Rocha's archive picked out for her by Glenda Bailey, her editor-in-chief at Harper's Bazaar, and Marco Zanini of Rochas.

They had a small intimate ceremony among friends and relatives.

Their reception took place at Locanda Verde's private room, it overlooks the courtyard at the Greenwich Hotel.

Blueblood Featured in Banana Republic's SF Made Collection

 Banana Republic has created its second SFMade pop up shop in their  Grant Avenue flagship. The pop up shop containing Blueblood continues through Mother’s Day  and features other small San Francisco-based companies including  Heliotrope, Etta + Billie, Hilside Bags, Cocoa, Poco Dolce, Dependable Letterpress, Cardoza-James Binding, Hello!Lucky, and Lila B.

Above: Blueblood and Banana Republic's Exclusive SF Tote $19