Style File: Rhetta Sellers

NAME: Rhetta Sellers

AGE: “Old enough to know I shouldn’t wear leggings but young enough to flirt.”

OCCUPATION: Real estate agent with CJ Brown Realtors.

Tell us about what you’re wearing:

“A Bereak jacket from Poise n’ Ivy, black slacks from Chico’s and black platform peep-toe pumps from DSW.”

What’s the best fashion advice you’ve ever gotten:

“Buy the best that you can afford, then take care of it! I have an Alfred Nippon cocktail dress that is 20 years old. Timeless! I bring it out once or twice a year.”

What trend do you wish was over?:

“Leggings!”

Finish this sentence. I splurge on…

“Great jackets.”

I skimp on…

”Belts.”

Are you a shoe or handbag kind of woman? How many do you have?

“I love cocktail purses and have about 20, depending on how many my daughters have permanently borrowed!”

Name a celebrity’s closet you’d like to raid:

“Actually, Coco Channel’s clothing archives.”

What’s the one beauty product you can’t live without?

“Retin A.”

Your house is on fire and you can grab only one thing out of your closet. What would it be?

“The entire tray of cocktail purses.”

Pam Bordelon

Advocate staff writer