Blame it on your three-year bout with braces: You’ve never been a hardware kind of girl. (You’re not much of a software one, either. But that’s a different matter.)

Still, E.D.E. Studio handbags may change your mind. The line of leather carryalls, ...

Sucker.

All that slaving away under the hot summer sun to preserve your luscious green grass. And for what? To show up your smug neighbor with the annoyingly perfect lawn.

Instead of keeping up with the Joneses, blow them out ...

Let’s just call it the seven-year itch.

No, not the infamous extramarital wandering eye. The unsettling sense of malaise caused by a wardrobe with even less turnover than the British monarchy.

Shake things up with clothing line Ports 1961. The name ...

Let’s just hope that, despite popular lore, you are not what you eat.

Because you’d look more like a lard-soaked tater tot than a human being after that late-night trip to the drive-thru.

To play it safe, it’s probably best to overhaul ...

To everything, there’s a season. But these picks? Strictly for the birds.

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Sure, you’re used to writing your own ticket. But when it comes to a simple thank you, you’ve been known to hit a wall. So here are a few tips to help you figure out how to correspond your way.

Even the best-dressed gals get into fashion ruts.

And, in such cases, it’s important to focus on the glass. No, not the one that’s either half-full or half-empty.

Instead, do a little waist management with the glass belt buckles from ...