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"We&amp;#x27;ve been talking work fashion lately, and it inspired me to dig through an old shopping bag full of stuff I&amp;#x27;d brushed off as uncool (and reminded me to regularly count my blessings that I can wear whatever I want to work!)...until I discovered an old French cuff shirt and breathed a little new life into it. I paid a small fortune for this shirt at Thomas Pink a few years ago when I was on the interview circuit, and it&amp;#x27;s been pretty much collecting dust ever since. And then I decided to femme things up on the SUPER cheap with...a little bit of ribbon. A crisp white shirt with French cuffs can look really professional, but cuff links feel both manly and dowdy to me (did any of you guys see the Millionaire Matchmaker when she instructed her client to leave his at home for his date!?). It turns out a little bit of ribbon can go a long way to make things look girly and sweet. The best part is, you can change them as often as you change your underwear--for pennies! Head to your local fabric store and pick out a few different ribbons (I&amp;#x27;m loving Liberty print florals, navy with little whales for summer, even black leather cord) and have a dexterous friend help you loop them through the buttonholes. Cute, right? Check out more of my Style Secrets now: * Never hem your pants again! * Transform your old coat for less than the price of a latte! AND * Learn my secret formula for between-season dressing! Add glamour.com to your Google homepage Follow Slaves to Fashion on Twitter! Bottom photo: Istockphoto"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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