beautiful within, adorned without
If there was ever a fashion trend so awe-inspiring beautiful and fear-inspiring intimidating, it is that of the colored jeans. Jeans are already painfully hard to choose and purchase (unless you have the perfectly proportioned waist with the perfect length leg with the perfectly sized hips – but who am I kidding? does that model of perfection actually exist?), and… Read More
When it comes to shopping woes, buying a perfect pair of jeans that look good on a real woman’s body ranks right up there with finding a perfect bra. By the time you are on your fifth (Okay, fifteenth-that-feels-like-fiftieth) pair, you start wondering if well-fitting jeans actually exist. And if maybe you are the only woman in the world who has a… Read More
Retail therapy? Shopping to me is more a stresser. Racks and racks of clothing to be sorted through for size, style, and modesty. Dressing room fiascos. The time commitment. I like the end of shopping trips, when I (hopefully) have some new pieces to play with and prettiness to spin in. But besides making a list of things I need (which… Read More
Are you heading off to college in the fall and wondering if there’s a transition from a high school senior’s wardrobe to a college girl’s closet? During the four years I was in school, I learned a lot about how to look cute in college without going broke or taking too much time (especially on early-class mornings!). Not going off… Read More
What inhabits half of my closet space? What do I wear nearly every day, even in the sweltering-hot summer in this slice of the South? What makes me feel “put together” and classy and yet comfortable all at the same time? The answer? Jackets. Wraps. Shrugs. Sweaters. Winter jackets that keep me warm during the {few} months it gets cold… Read More
We meandered along the jagged cliffs of the calanques in southern France. Our week near Marseilles had been spent working twelve hour days on a photo project and we finally had an afternoon to relax. Basking in the sunshine, in awe of the glittering Mediterranean, and hiking out to the rocky beach, I saw her: an intensely elegant young lady… Read More
