I find that with almost every change of season, I lean towards an outfit that stays in heavy rotation in my closet. In cooler months, I never feel as put together as I have the last couple of years in Ann Taylor’s Coatigan: a heavy cardigan/coat combo that makes me feel polished, put ...
The Fur Poncho
As it happens when cold weather arrives, I find myself without an idea of what to wear to a fun, sort-of formal event. A lover of silk shirts and Nike sweatshirts, and rarely anything in between, when headed to the Speed Contemporary Acquisitions Dinner in December, I realized that unless I went in ...
Derby: 100 Days Out
Last Derby season was one of the strangest I’d ever experienced. Instead of our usual three days at Churchill Downs (Thurby, Oaks, and the Derby), we jetted to NYC to surprise a girlfriend- our usual Derby date- who was stuck in the city recovering from surgery. Her husband helped us plan our ...
Clique Boutique
In the early 2000's, when tight satin party dresses, Snookie hair bumps, and too-tan skin was all the rage, so was over-tweezing one's eyebrows. I was a victim of such a thing (don't believe me? Check this out. Where are my eyebrows??), and over-tweezed with the best of them.
It was in ...
Rosemont Floral Blouse
Oh, friends…. Remember this summer when I fell head over heels with that gorgeous Tory Burch blouse? The full sleeves, the tie-neck. It was perfect, and feminine and floral, and almost completely unlike me in every way. Still, that blouse got a heck of a lot of wear last year, so when the ...
Jean Genie
We know I love a good embellished shoe... The only problem I sometimes find is that I'm not sure how to couple them with an outfit. Case in point, and hopeful solution: The Francesca Emboidered Pump from Tory Burch.
These shoes are gorgeous. There's no other way to say it. ...
The Mane Revival
1993.
I was 10 years old the last time I really, truly looked in the mirror and saw my own hair color. It was in the South where the 80's had just ended, and I remember seeing a huge, spiral curled head of hair in one of the beauty magazines laying around the parlor my grandma visited every ...
Summer Dressing
It’s hard- so hard!- to find a dress that can carry one through summer date nights. I’ll rephrase. It’s difficult to find a dress that can carry one through sweltering summer date nights in the Ohio Valley, where the humidity can creep upwards of 80% even on days it isn’t ...
Business Wardrobe – The Capsule
Read almost any organization blog, or follow any fashion blogger, and chances are you'll hear about this thing called a capsule wardrobe. Originally coined as a term in London by shop owner Susie Faux, the "capsule wardrobe" idea has grown to be a trendy thing itself, almost defeating the ...
