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Sometimes more is more; especially in the workplace. When you want more than wash-and-go, turn to your stylist for a professional look that is pretty and polished.

Please keep in mind that an office appropriate style doesn’t have to mean boring. Experiment with color! If you’re a fair-haired gal, try caramel lowlights underneath a bright, all-over baby-blond wash. Brunette beauties should think red - cinnamon, cayenne and crimson all look smashing when weaved into brown tresses.

And play with length! Shoulder length styles look great with side-swept bangs and faceframing layers. Close cropped ‘dos appear full and fabulous with added texture and height at your crown.

Don’t expect to head to a meeting with wet hair or a ponytail with these styles, though. Hair cuts like these require a little extra lovin’ so get reacquainted with your hair dryer, curling iron, mousse and shine spray. Feel free to ask your stylist for a tutorial before heading out the door - they want you to look and feel your best long after you leave the salon chair! [AWM]

Sweet and feminine, meet sultry and masculine― opposites marry for a bodacious fall fashion 2012 season. Ladylike silhouettes lighten looks borrowed from the boys, while winter white shines bright in separates and dresses. As seen on the Fall/Winter

2012 Fashion Week runways in New York, this season’s top fashions are a delicate balance of bold and beautiful. Military, classic or tweed, jackets and coats rocked the runways from Elizabeth and James to Tory Burch. At the former, black military-inspired jackets topped layered ensembles of skinny pants and winter white tunic-length tops. 3.1 Phillip Lim featured a structured shearling coat, softened by its forest green color. At Tory Burch, menswear-inspired tweed suits appeared in purple, and structured yet graceful black fur cropped coats polished off prim ensembles.

Prim and ethereal are the yin and yang of fall’s dramatic ensembles. Marchesa’s decadent formfitting cap-sleeved gowns danced down the runway in silvery-white and peachy gold hues. The fashion house also showed laser-cut black leather dresses with flouncy skirts and clingy, edgy tops. At Derek Lam, chunky sleeveless sweaters balanced flowing silk skirts, all in shades of winter white. Winter white was also the color of choice for voluminous menswearinspired pants and button downs on the Proenza Schouler runway.

Structured and powerful yet soft andladylike, fall fashion 2012 embraces balance and proves opposites really do attract. [AWM]