Nov 1, 2021 | About Us, Blog, Fall, Health, October 2021, Real Talk
Approximately 26,000 women 45 and younger were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020. I was one of them. . . . Literally the day before my 46th birthday I got the call that I had Triple Negative Invasive Ductile Carcinoma, a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer,...
Mar 19, 2021 | About Us, Announcement, Blog, March 2021, Real Talk
If you’re scrolling through our social media posts or blog, you may see a noticeable absence of yours truly. Never fear, though. I am still here. I just don’t look like me. There’s no easy way to say it, so I’ll just rip the bandaid off: I have cancer. I am...
Nov 4, 2020 | About Us, Announcement, Blog, November 2020, Press, Real Talk
We recently gave an interview to a wonderful podcast and blog called The Flaws of Friendship, a space for women to celebrate friendships as imperfect as they may be! When Stacey sent it to us to approve, we could not wait for it to go live. This piece could not have...
Aug 12, 2020 | About Us, Announcement, August 2020, Blog, Fashion, Real Talk
Hello! Welcome if you are new to AFL and welcome back if you were already following us. As we recently broke the 1k follower mark and have a lot of new faces stopping by to say hello, we thought we would do a little recap about ourselves and our goals for A...
Apr 13, 2020 | About Us, April 2020, Blog, How To, Lifestyle, Motherhood, Real Talk
We knew our blog would have a different POV because of our age. As much as we do not think there is anything about our styles that says, “40 Something,” our real-life experiences, both personally and professionally, do bring a certain “40 Something” perspective to our...
Apr 1, 2020 | About Us, April 2020, Blog, Fashion, Lifestyle, Motherhood
That is something that I am still wrapping my head around. If I cannot do something perfectly, the first time, then I do not even try. And mistakes? Forget about it. I cannot make them. The one place I have always been confident was in fashion. From junior high until...