Cultivating confidence through fashion and style
By Erika, Fashion Expert As the mother of an infant, getting out of the door each morning for work (it's my first week back) doesn't look like it used to. This is for a couple of reasons. First, there is a whole new tiny person that we also have to get ready. I'm lucky for [...]
By Erika, Fashion Expert Another week of our #OOTD365 Challenge is in the books. Are any of the YCS readers taking the challenge? If so, let me know so that I can follow you on IG and get inspired by your looks! Some weeks, I feel like I really hit a fashion stride - as [...]
By Erika, Fashion Expert Week two of the #OOTD365 Challenge is in the books. I'm getting into the groove of shooting my looks in the morning before I head to work and finally set-up the 2nd bedroom at the apartment to be my in home "studio" for the time being. Here is what I learned [...]
By Erika, Fashion Expert I survived my first week of the #OOTD365 challenge. A couple of bad weather days meant that I was more casual throughout the week than I would have normally been. Hopefully, I'll be putting in a full week at the office the week coming up and will have some more variety [...]
By Erika, Fashion Expert Happy New Year! Who is excited for all that 2018 has to bring them?! I know I am! This year is going to be huge and I'm so excited for everything that is in store for everyone in the YCS Family! As I started planning for 2018, I decided I wanted [...]
A couple of years ago I participated in For the Love of Curls' 30 Day No Repeat Clothing challenge on Instagram. Ever since then, people are ALWAYS coming up to me and asking when I'm going to do it again. I usually hedge and say "sometime" because, honestly, a different outfit everyday takes a little [...]
By Erika, Fashion Expert If you keep up with YCS via social media (and you should!) then you know that during the month of June I participated in the #norepeatjune clothing challenge issued by fellow blogger LaShon Renee at For the Love of Curls. The challenge was exactly like it sounds . . . do [...]
By Erika, Resident Fashionista If you follow YCS on Instagram then the outfit featured in today's YCS Style diary post will look familiar. On Sunday, I waxed poetic about how it's ok to have a style uniform and I mentioned that mine is black and white. I can come up with infinite ways to wear [...]
By Erika, Resident Fashionista If you follow the YCS Instagram account you will have noticed an influx of leather and lace details in the #ootd and #ootw photos. Leather and lace details were all over last year's runways (hence, their appearance in this year's store inventories). I, for one, am loving the fact that a) [...]