The Black Widow Goes to Work

  I don’t think of black as funereal or grim.   There are days when unrelieved black is a cozy blanket to wrap oneself in. Combining black pieces of different fabrics and textures — remember, variations in the shade of black don’t matter when you do this — makes for easy outfit construction.   Blazer: … Read more

Back to Business

  All good things must come to an end! This necklace and other works by MPR are made of precious and semi-precious metallic wire, worked into geometric shapes that are then linked into kinetic, mobile designs. The wire is very light, so the pieces are essentially weightless. The closure is a pair of tiny magnets, … Read more

The Directrice Is Fifty

  I’m fifty! I am my mother’s fifty year old baby.   APPLAUSE!   Sweater: 3.1 Phillip Lim; Pants: JCrew; Bag: Furla Metropolis; Watch: Shinola; Shoes: Rebecca Minkoff   * I had a terrible episode of Norovirus several years ago, but it actually jump-started a very successful effort to shed a few pounds. That’s luck. … Read more

The Wool Patchwork Dress Returns

  Because most dresses can only be worn one way, they are rarely repeated on this blog . . . unlike certain hardworking jackets, tops, and one pair of wide-legged pants that some believe have received an amount of air-time grossly out of proportion to their beauty and function. I am also wearing it with … Read more

The Abyss of Casual Friday

  I was recently chatting with a colleague about Casual Friday and Free-fall Thursday — how Thursday prepares the eye for Friday.   Blouse: Marques/Almeida; Pants; JCrew; Tank: Garnet Hill; Shoes: Rebecca Minkoff; Bag: Coach Rider Bag; Watch: Shinola

An Inappropriate Blouse For All Seasons

  I fell in love with this lace blouse two years ago.   You have a fantastic weekend, too! If you missed Monday’s post, please do check out some of my favorite picks from the Smithsonian Craft2Wear show.   Blouse: Marissa Webb; Pants: JCrew; Jacket: Marc Jacobs; Shoes: JCrew; Bag: Orla Kiely

Old Dress, New Combination

A Post in Which We Prove that All the Greens Go Together.       Dress: Diane Von Fustenberg; Bag: Sophie Hulme; Shoes: Tory Burch   * If you were just scanning the crowd at Craft2Wear and didn’t know why it had gathered, you might have imagined that it was a competitive eye-wear event. The … Read more