MICHELE’S PACKING TIPS: Per Your Request
I won a writing award for a packing story that ran in late great National Geographic Traveler. Here are...
Blog: Off the Cuff
Welcome to my blog, taking you behind the curtain of fashion.
-- Michele
HOLIDAY HEROES: These Gifts Are Saviors
Boy Smells Holiday Candles By Michele Meyer Beautiful, fragrant, elegant, hip -- you can’t go...
THE PLAYBOY PLAYBOOK: Story Behind the Stories, Chapter 9
My Cover Story LESSON: If you’re a germaphobe, don’t sit on the furniture at a...
SPEAKING OUT OF TURN: Story Behind the Stories, Chapter 8
That, sir, is a recording device. LESSON: When you start recording a meeting or have an audience,...
STOP THE PRESSES: Story Behind the Stories, Chapter 7
Homecoming royalty are more popular than they appear LESSON: Rather than let the word "NO!"...
RUNWAY WITH ME: Story Behind the Stories, Chapter 6
LESSON: Dream it. Plan it. Do it. Just remember that it takes more than a magic wand to fulfill your...
WORKING 9 TO 9: Story Behind the Stories, Chapter 5
THE LESSON: If you're going to do a job, why not do it well? The daughter of a successful retailer, my...
THE INVISIBLE PEOPLE: Story Behind the Stories, Chapter 4
Household confidential THE LESSON: “I’m not really a waitress” is one of OPI’s all-time bestselling nail...
BOMBS AWAY, BELFAST: Story Behind the Stories, Chapter 3
Sightseeing in Belfast. (My photo). THE LESSON: Never stand next to a man with a gunshot wound in his...
OF COWS AND MEN: Story Behind the Stories, Chapter 2
You talking about us? THE LESSON: You need to aspire, take action—and ask the right questions—to...
IS THAT A BOMB? Stories Behind The Stories, Chapter 1
THE LESSON: The chisel that cracks a glass ceiling is made of passion, bravery and excelling in your craft....
JOLLY HOLIDAYS: Our Seventh Annual Beauty Gift Guide Lets You Glide Through
We expect the end of this year to wrap up nicely--thanks to the presentable and delectable presents we've discovered. Here...
IT’S A MYSTERY: A Royal Find and My Other Favorite Mysteries of 2022
Reading is the secret to great writing – that’s my belief and my approach as a journalist. So I read...
HAPPY HOLIDAYS: The Grinch Cannot Steal What Matters
By MICHELE MEYER I'm sorry to report that the Grinch--aka supply chain shortages due to the global pandemic--stole most of...
Insta-Truth
As a fearlessly frank fashion writer, I tell it like it is on Instagram at @Michele_Meyer77
HAPPY HOLIDAYS: In the Nick of Time Pampering Treats to Give and Receive
By MICHELE MEYER We all have aromas that evoke joyous holiday memories—for me, cookies cooling on the baking rack,...
