Fashion & Beauty

Looking for the perfect gift? For Christmas 2011, we present our most inspired Christmas shopping guide ever with several unique products thrown in for GNG measure.

The list is comprised of companies, nonprofits, and fun products that can make your world a better place. It's a story of mission, passion and purpose with a clear heart and an eye toward fun.

An exclusive "Insider" offer for the Good News Girlz. GNG'z own stylist, Harriet Kelly GIbbe has designed a Holiday Styling Salon on December 3 to be held in the private salons of Saks Fifth Avenue. The store will open early for our GIrlz. They'll be greeted by a Saks Fifth Avenue staff member and escorted to their private room filled with insider tricks, picks and steals from the holiday season, all handpicked for our Girlz.

Women That Soar and Saks Fifth Ave. present the "Brilliantly You" luncheon November 17th from 11:00am-1:00pm at the Dallas Galleria. Panelists include Dallas's own Yvonne Crum, Founder Fresh Faces of Dallas, Susan Posnick, CEO of Susan Posnick Cosmetics, Janelle Friedman, Managing Partner of Friedman Feiger Law Firm and Gina Grant, Moderator and Founder/ CEO of Women that Soar.

Whether you're looking to transition from summer into fall without spending lots of money on a new wardrobe, or are looking to give that classic dress a facelift...big, wide leather belts are in. They're edgy, slimming and connect separates or break up a dress.

It's after Labor Day, and time to put away your white pants and shoes ...... or is it?  There are lots of "rules" we grew up with that no longer apply. In fact, the styles coming down the runway and seen on the street, lead one to wonder if there are any fashion rules left.

Our friend and Good News Girl, Cynthia Salzman Mondell, asked me to write about how I feel about my travels with the Little Black Shoe. She's hard at work on a documentary film called Sole Sisters about women and their relationships with their shoes, and it makes sense that she'd inquire. I've said a lot so far about the shoes and how they perform and how my feet feel, but very little about any emotion they evoked.

Years ago while traveling in France, I passed a sign that said Thalassotherapy. French friends told me that thalasso places use seawater for health benefits and that the French government sponsors these health spas. Apparently the French government no longer pays for thalassotherapy, and that had been my favorite part of the story. I'd love to think my government would pay for spa treatments. The real truth is that the French coast is dotted with these saltwater healing plants and everyone is welcome to go and pay their own way.

Whoever told us that the southern part of Brittany is the sunny side must be selling real estate. It has rained some every day since we've arrived on the south coast, and today it poured all day long.

Refusing to let a little rain slow us down, we got up early and visited a medieval garden with Queen and Patrick.

Today we had to dress for all four seasons. We spent the day in and out of our coats and sweaters. The wind had winter fangs, but the sun was summer hot-when it was out. We had spring showers along the way, and in the evening we had an autumn fire.