Mother Ginger
In the spring and summer, we call this blouse “The Big Tent” — but as we head into December, “Mother Ginger” seems more seasonally appropriate. Have a fantastic weekend!
What to Wear When You Don’t Know What to Wear
I sometimes find “casual” dress more confounding than “formal” — particularly when I am told to dress casually for an event that has some formal associations like a holiday dinner, a fundraiser, or anything involving a religious officiant. * That is a small fib.
The Return of the Second-Best Vest
I hope that you are enjoying a wonderful Thanksgiving Day — with stuffing, pumpkin pie, and your favorite holiday films! We here at Directrice Global Industries, Ltd. are dining with close friends and calling family outside D.C. We have also planned a movie double-bill that probably will not happen: Funny Face and Finding Dory. … Read more
Such A Lady: Fall 2018
I am such a fan of the sweater vest, the layered tank, the smock. Anything I can put a white blouse under! This top looks like it’s made of rags that might otherwise be destined for a car wash. (I don’t think this is the first time that I’ve made an observation like this … Read more
Accordion Love
Amidst all of the resistance of the last two years, I have also been resisting the return of the styles of the 80s and 90s — pegged jeans, empire waists, slipdresses over tee shirts, pleated pants.* Step right up and take a look at this pleated fabric. It’s highly synthetic. I need to … Read more
Speed Post: Le Weekend
I’ve been neglecting you, my darlings. I hope you can forgive me. There was the election and my birthday and I’ve been traveling.* In an effort to set things right between us, I am drafting this post as quickly as I can before boarding a flight home. Let’s see what I can do in … Read more
Blue Velvet
My New Year’s Resolution in recent years has been to wear shoes that are not black on a regular basis. Syntax! I know it’s badly worded, but I think you understand me. Have a fantastic weekend! Mules: JCrew Pointed-toe slides in velvet; they come in this blue and a dusty pink that I … Read more
A Return to Animal Prints
I was going through my back-catalog this weekend and realizing that . . . there’s a lot of good advice buried in there. I’ll be writing a post in the next couple of weeks that will bring some of those old posts to the fore. Among the weighty topics previously covered were animal … Read more
In Which The Directrice Becomes a Sofa
I told you that I lost my mind. See Monday’s entry. Have a fantastic weekend! Dress: Preen by Thornton Bregazzi; Shoes and belt: JCrew; Bag: Marc by Marc Jacobs
The Directrice Embraces Prints
Some time ago, I wrote about the fatal allure of prints and advised against buying too many print dresses. Perhaps I was thinking a little. I was reading WhoWhatWear and felt that this Natalie Off Duty dress would be just the thing to enliven the shoulder weeks of the summer-to-fall and early spring … Read more