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"Life&amp;amp;#8217;s been truly crazy at casa Blackstone lately, so sitting in bed after the alarm goes off and planning what I&amp;amp;#8217;m going to wear like I normally do isn&amp;amp;#8217;t an option. That&amp;amp;#8217;s why my stash of special tank tops has been such a style saver. First, I should admit that I have not one but two drawers devoted to tanks and tees. Overkill, I know, but I love to layer&amp;amp;#8212;and I lurve anything that sparkles, so lots of my tanks are studded or sequined or bejeweled or&amp;amp;#133;well you get the idea. They&amp;amp;#8217;re the foundation of my insta-pulled-together uniform: sparkly tank, bright cardigan and skinny jeans or fitted pants. Sounds pretty basic, right? That&amp;amp;#8217;s &amp;amp;#8216;cause it is. The beauty of an embellished tank is that it&amp;amp;#8217;s special all on it&amp;amp;#8217;s own, which means you don&amp;amp;#8217;t have to worry about adding a bunch of other accessories. Plus, it&amp;amp;#8217;s amazing how much a little bit of shine can up the chic-quotient of even the simplest outfit. I threw on my &amp;quot;uniform&amp;quot; when I went to visit someone in the hospital this weekend and like three people told me how cute I looked. And believe me, I seriously wasn&amp;#x27;t even thinking about what I was putting on when I got dressed that morning. Try it out and just see how many compliments you get&amp;amp;#8212;I bet you&amp;amp;#8217;ll have as many of these sparkly tanks as I do in no time. So what&amp;amp;#8217;s your go-to insta-chic outfit? What unexpected wardrobe essential can&amp;amp;#8217;t you get dressed without? Plus: What&amp;amp;#8217;s The One Fashion Item You Can&amp;amp;#8217;t Live Without? What&amp;amp;#8217;s Your Favorite Item In Your Closet Right Now? Prada&amp;amp;#8217;s Crystal Tank: Would You Wear It? More Ways to Get Glamour: You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage Follow Slaves to Fashion on Twitter! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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