Links à la Mode: Personal Style

How to buy what you'll wear and wear what you buy — From lessons learned to personal style tips in this Links à la Mode roundup.

Photo credit: Ruby Slipper Journeys

Hi, Personal Style is the motto of this week's links roundup. Here are my personal favorites ...

Lessons Learned from Personal Style Blogging

This is a skirt that I feel is so completely me that I automatically feel better wearing it.

Emily from Ruby Slipper Journeys tells us how blogging helped her to find her personal style and how to become a smart shopper. Bonus: Spot the kitty monster in Emily's blog :)

The Perfect Wardrobe by Yves Saint Laurent

The great change came when I discovered my own style ... It was with the tuxedo jacket and the transparent blouse. I became conscious of the body and began dialogue with women, began to understand better what a modern woman wants. – Yves Saint Laurent

Fashioned by love explains how Yves Saint Laurent envisioned the perfect wardrobe in 1978. What was trendy then, is trendy now.

Shoes That Shine

elodiebubble reports on the latest trends in feet torture devices, also known as high heels ;)

More style tips in this week's links roundup:

Links à la Mode

Shorter Days of Winter

Edited by: Meghan Donovan of WIT & Whimsy

If there’s one thing that’s clear from this week’s IFB Links a La Mode it’s that the holiday season is here! It’s time to get glam, dress warm and embrace everything that’s wonderful and fashionable these next few weeks for the holidays.

The IFB Weekly Roundup – December 1st

• Avalon
  3 Necklaces to Own and How to Style Them
• Blah Blah Becky
  Instagram through the Day
• Coming Unstitched
  Stylng the Oversized Sweater
• Elodie Bubble
  The Best Shoes to Shine this Holiday Season
• Fashion Tales
  DIY: Dying Lace
• Fashioned By Love
  The Perfect Wardrobe According to YSL
• Haute Cocktail
  Faux Fur this Winter
• Inexpensive Chic
  3 Ways to Wear the Sweater Dress
• La Vie a Mon Avis
  Sequined Pants for Holiday Chic
• Miss Viki
  Bringing vintage into your closet
• Oranges and Apples
  DIY Scarf Top
• Ruby Slipper Journeys
  Lessons Learned from Personal Style Blogging
• Simply Frabulous
  Infuse Stars into Your Wardrobe this Winter
• Style. Love. Repeat
  5 Minute Glam for the Holidays
• Sugar and Chiffon
  DIY: The Daytime Smoky Eye
• Sugar and Spice
  Dressing for Winter Party Weather
• Thank FiFi
  The Great Skinny Jean Debate
• What2WearWhere
  LBLD: The Little Black Leather Dress
• The Chic Sheet
  Python Obsession
• WIT & Whimsy
  Gift Guide: For the Hostess