Happy Monday! I’m writing this blog post through the inevitable fuzzy haze of a red-eye flight. After spending the weekend unpacking and getting settled in the new house, I hopped a plane to Toronto where I’ll be visiting my parents for a few days. The trip was booked on a whim, the result of some […]
Moving slowly over here today, still trying to shake off the haze of yesterday. All I want to do is read the news, connect with friends and family, step into the action that I declared in reflections on the election results. Because clearly we in America have a lot of work to do. But that work […]
Friday is here! I’m at the airport to catch a plane to North Carolina, where I’m repeating my role as a Style Spotter at this season’s High Point Market. I’m super excited to get a peek at what’s coming down the pipeline in the world of interiors, especially because my Toucan Sam nose is telling me […]
Do you have brands whose every move you watch like a hawk? Labels from whom you’d buy entire collections if only you had unlimited funds? Companies whose values, voice, and visuals embody everything that you yourself stand for? I have a few like that, and FREDA SALVADOR is one of them. Ever since the brand debuted their edgy yet wearable shoes in […]
I did a big closet clean-out last week and confirmed something I already suspected: a sizable chunk of my wardrobe is striped. What’s more, it’s not just striped but the same kind of striped, that classic sailor stripe that’s always en vogue and that brings an effortless ‘French Girl’ touch to any outfit. Seeing my stack […]
While I was away in Europe, summer arrived with a bang in Los Angeles. I returned home to soaring temps and blazing sunshine, the sort that brings sunburnt, peeling noses and sweaty backs of knees—and that banishes all thoughts of clothing as anything but a regrettable social nicety that stands in the way of being […]
When culottes first started showing up in shops, I couldn’t believe my eyes. My longtime associations with the style center around either sensible lady uniforms—think meter maids and scout troop leaders—or grannies in Easy Spirit loafers. Even as the traditionally dowdy trousers started to trickle farther down the fashion chain for this year’s summer style, I had […]
The Italy adventure continues! After two days in Florence, I’m headed to Rome where I’ll meet up with my parents for five more days of sightseeing. My dad is a history buff which means we’ll be hitting all the cultural attractions, big and small; and it also means that if I wanted to get any […]
One of my favorite fashion memories is my graduation from flats to heels. It was the 9th grade and I was headed to New York City for the first time—a touristy trip with the school orchestra to take in iconic cultural offerings like Blue Man Group. Of course such a remarkable voyage as this required […]
I had a moment over the weekend. It was one of those “put down the clothes and step away from the sales rack” kinda moments, when the security of your financial future is at stake lest you run fast and far from shopping temptation. I’d innocently crossed the threshold of a local lifestyle boutique, my sights […]