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TRANSFORMATION STORIES: MEET DINNY HIRSCHL

Posted by balodanacfl on January 22, 2023 | Featured

TRANSFORMATION STORIES: MEET DINNY HIRSCHL Women can find themselves at a crossroad at any point in their lives. Sometimes their careers or children are the catalyst, and other times it’s loss or major event. Today’s transformation tale is about Dinny … Read More

New Mom, New Wardrobe? Your Top 5 Maternity Wear Questions Answered

Posted by balodanacfl on December 14, 2022 | Featured

The words “maternity wear” may inspire visions of frumpy, shapeless sacks worn like dresses and bulky pants with elastic panels. Good news: modern maternity clothes aren’t at all like that. The key to shopping for pregnancy is not to spend … Read More

4+1 HEMLINES AND HOW TO WEAR THEM

Posted by balodanacfl on November 13, 2022 | Featured

Fashion has long been synonymous with cultural and social changes, and nothing seems to embody this more clearly than hemlines. For instance, the Hemline Index, credited to 1920s economist George Taylor, attempts to connect the economy to the length of … Read More

Tags: hemline, knee length skirt, maxi skirt, midi, mini skirt, pairing

Best Dressed Breasts: How to Tackle 5 of the Most Common Tata Troubles

Posted by balodanacfl on October 11, 2022 | Featured

Boobs. Tatas. Bosoms. Breasts. Small and perky, or pendulous and well-endowed. There are as many types of breasts as there are women. Yet if you’ve ever put on a cute flannel only to be faced with the dreaded chest gap, … Read More

What’s Inside Your Clothes? All About Seams

Posted by balodanacfl on August 25, 2022 | Featured

Are you coming apart at the seams? No, we don’t mean your personal or professional life (that’s for a different article!), but rather the literal situation many of us find ourselves in when we reach into the closet. How many … Read More

Transformation Stories: Meet Jill Terwilliger

Posted by balodanacfl on July 30, 2022 | Featured

“Transformation is like peeling layers of an onion, removing layer after layer of cultural, familial, and life lessons that do not serve our wholeness. Some of the layers are big, like a career or a relationship change. Most of them … Read More

The 4+1 best natural fabrics to build into your wardrobe

Posted by balodanacfl on July 21, 2022 | Featured

There’s a lot of talk these days about sustainable fashion, and for good reason. The way many fashion companies produce clothing has a massive environmental impact and we are not here for it! The good news is that there are … Read More

What to Wear: Short Girls Edition

Posted by balodanacfl on June 30, 2022 | Featured

Finding clothes that fit you as a short woman may sometimes feel like a chore rather than an exciting activity. From dozens of “avoid” lists and confusing misconceptions about how to dress for your height, it’s tough. Balodana has you … Read More

TRANSFORMATION STORIES: MEET SUSAN BRATTON

Posted by balodanacfl on April 27, 2022 | Featured

Susan Bratton went from Queen of ad-tech in Silicon Valley, hobnobbing with all the biggest names in digital media, wearing Armani suits and sporting an “all business” short brown hairdo, to becoming a courageous blonde sex goddess, sharing her wisdom … Read More

Tags: aging, marriage, passion, relationships, sex, sex positive, susan bratton, therapy

Fashion Tech Tackles Supply Chain Transparency

Posted by balodanacfl on April 14, 2022 | Featured

Transparency across fashion supply chains is a big hurdle when it comes to understanding where our clothing comes from. Socially conscious consumers are asking “Who made my clothes?” with sincerity beyond a trendy desire to go green; they want to … Read More

Tags: environmentally friendly, ethical fashion, fashion revolution, fashion technoligy, who made my clothes

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