Style File: Elizabeth Dunn

• By KAREN MARTIN
• Advocate assistant People editor
• Published: Nov 10, 2009 - Page: 1D

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Fashion can be fun. Oh how we love a “Style File” subject with a sense of humor.

NAME: Elizabeth Dunn, Baton Rouge
AGE: 44
OCCUPATION: Sales director, Baton Rouge Printing Co.

Tell us about what you’re wearing.
“The dress I bought in New York a couple of years ago in SoHo when I took my mom there for her 70th birthday. The boots are Born (like butter). The rest are unmentionables.”

Who or what most influences your style?
“My friends and the opinion of my preteen daughter.”

What’s the best fashion advice you’ve ever gotten?
“Never wear pantyhose with open-toe shoes … so I quit wearing pantyhose PERIOD.”

What’s your favorite trend right now?
“Skinny jeans and cowboy boots.”

What trend do you wish was already over?
“Ridiculously large-lens sunglasses.”

Finish this sentence. I splurge on...
“Professional hair coloring and wine.”

I skimp on...
“Jewelry. I’m not big on bling.”

Are you a shoes or handbag kind of woman?
“Shoes.”

How many pairs do you own?
“About 75, although many are running shoes or need to be retired (like me).”

What’s the one beauty product you can’t live without?
“My flat iron.”

Your house is on fire and you can grab only one thing out of your closet. What would it be?
“My Asics running shoes.”