Claire Bidwell Smith is an internationally renowned author, speaker and grief therapist based in Charleston, SC. She has written 3 books: The Rules of Inheritance, After This, and Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief. By the time Claire was 25, she lost both of her parents & has been able to work through this loss […]

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL MOMS!! We’ve got some Mother’s Day gift ideas even while social distancing. It’s that time again- celebrating the Mamas we call our own. The Style That Binds Us team has worked to curate the perfect gift guide for the occasion (which can be quite daunting – trying to find something for […]

One of the first questions we get asked when we tell people we started this company with our daughter (or mother depending on who is talking) is, “How lucky!! What is it like working together?!” In our latest podcast episode, we give you ALLLLL the details! This will be interesting if you’d like to start […]

Being alone is an interesting experience. It’s only reality that over the course of your life, you will not spend every second with someone else. This could happen when moving to a new city, your roommates go out of town, you have a staycation over a holiday weekend, etc. I never noticed it before because […]

Want to become a breakup badass? Going through a breakup is an emotional rollercoaster. Thankfully, I am pretty much on the other end of it. I’ve had to give myself lots of pep talks over the past couple of months. Looking back, I wish I had immediately accepted that this breakup was a positive thing, […]

At first I was thinking… WTF, I’m Single?! This was NOT the plan! Being the Type A & activity oriented girl that I am, I’m constantly looking ahead and plan my schedule weeks in advance. I considered the boyf in these future plans, then one day, BAM, it’s OVER!! What does it mean to go from a […]

February 14th (also known as Valentines Day) is quickly approaching! For those in the fashion world, it’s going to be quite a hectic day smack dab in the middle of NYFW. Not currently having a significant other, I’m going to spend the day making sure those around me feel loved. I’m incredibly thankful for my […]

Breakups are a strange phenomenon. The feelings that one experiences, in some cases minute to minute, can make you feel like a crazy person! One minute I would think, “I’m going to be okay, and this is the right decision”, and the next, start tearing up when a random memory came to mind. It was incredibly […]