what makes a classic a classic?

oxford button-down shirts, levi’s jeans, white cotton t-shirts, baseball caps, bomber jackets, little black dresses, striped french sailor shirts, a string of pearls, navy blazers, trench coats, gold hoop earrings, cartier tank watches, ray ban sunglasses, cashmere cardigans, loafers… it’s an old friend with a new twist…a clunkier heel, perhaps? an animal-print pattern? it doesn’t […]

don’t "skirt" the issue…

we seem to worry more about the length of our hems than we do about the shape of our skirts…affected by stock-market crashes…wartime rationing…and designer whimsy…skirt lengths are skittish by nature… in a perfect world, hemlines would be fitted like window shades, with built-in rollers to facilitate the inevitable ups and downs…one thing we can […]

shimmer & shine…

when i think of news year eve…i think of shimmer & shine… whether you’re entertaining at home or going out on the town…it’s time to dress up…and sparkle… a t-shirt or tank in any evening fabric adds sparkle to the simplest black pants, skirt or your favorite pair of jeans… a simple shape skirt in […]

so do you texturize?

texture…think of it as the subtlest form of patterning…it is what gives clothing its richness and visual depth… though you may be dressed in black from head to toe…the ribbing on your turtleneck…which sets it apart from the tight weave of your wool gabardine suit…which is in turn complemented by the plushness of your alpaca […]