ask stylebook: static cling?

Elizabeth, The Shoe Hive: I can’t seem to kick the static cling, especially when it comes to silk in winter. Should I just pack them up for winter? No one wants to see my shirt sticking to my muffin top. What do I do?

Alicia, The TulleBox: Here are my quick tips for static and silk during the winter months…Summer and silk is an entirely different post!

Metal
Hide a safety pin inside the placket of your silk blouse; the metal discharges the electrical build up. Keep a thimble handy or one metal hanger and touch the blouse with the metal prior to putting it on.

Rubber
Watch out for the rubber soles when you’re wearing silk; rubber accumulates electrical charges.

Hairspray
A little hairspray (from a distance) will keep the cling away.

Laundry Dryer Sheets
An old trick from my days at Hysteria: We kept a box of Bounce sheets in the closet that came in handy during the dry winter months.

My last two tips…

Keep your skin well moisturized and run a humidifier! How many more weeks until spring??

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Alicia McCaslin

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Alicia was born and raised in Alexandria, and married a local boy. She is happily married and the mother of two amazing children and one adorable and terribly smart border terrier named Dixie. Alicia has always known she was a creative. She collected editions of Vogue from junior high on and has always loved clothing and design. She studied interior design at VCU and parlayed that degree into commercial interior design, the web design, and ultimately found herself managing a local boutique and serving as a stylist to many Alexandrian women. She now has a successful full-time styling business, The Tulle Box, and makes it her business to make her clients feel great about themselves and the way they look.