Have music you like, advises Denise Gallo, musicologist and music history professor at The Catholic University of America. She suggests Handel, or Henry Purcell's trumpet voluntary, with organ accompaniment. Ladylike fashion Italian designers return to a prim, ladylike book for the winter. The preferred hemline covers the knee. Shapes stay close to the body, but never hug it.
Sheer fabric is veiled by delicate beading or leather embroidery.
Fabrics mingle knit wool, tweed, silk, leather and fur all in the same outfit. Velvet and chiffon are no longer exclusively nightwear, and leather is on duty 24 hours.