I got my first denim jacket when I was in seventh grade. It was the epitome of cool. Think James Dean. Well one day I came across a perfume ad in a magazine where the model was wearing a denim jacket with a very feminine...
Buy what you love – Take shoes for instance. They have to speak to me. Seriously. Oh sure after a year or two some of them stop talking to me, but I quietly explain to them that they are not forgotten, and will always hold...
Impulse buying may feel good in the moment, but beware when buyer's remorse eventually sets in. Truth to be told, I ‘paid the price’ to learn this next life lesson. Years ago I bought a pair of eyeglasses that cost way too much, just because...
That's my camp friend, Debbie, in my Life Lesson #5 post, wearing the mohair bomber jacket, and that's me in my white rabbit fur coat. I felt like a million bucks in that coat. One winter, I came home quite tan from a vacation and...
I was shopping with my mom when I saw an ecru and grey-colored mohair bomber jacket. It had five wide horizontal stripes across the front, (charcoal grey, ecru, light grey, charcoal grey, light grey, from top to bottom; respectively.) The sleeves, back, and waistband were...
Sometimes it takes the smallest ones to remind us of the biggest things. I was reminded of this, one hectic morning, as I stood standing by the open trunk of my car. It had been a particularly hectic morning getting my three boys ready for their school...
Life is all about finding what makes you feel like you. Look, we all have different roles, and different feelings about ourselves as we play our many roles. When it comes to getting dressed, I'm a firm believer in wearing what makes you feel good...
Life Lesson #4: View life (and fashion for that matter) as an experiment. Constantly invent and re-invent yourself. Mix, match, try things on, try things out. And remember, like all true innovators, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Failure is not an...
Life lesson #4: View life (and fashion for that matter) as an experiment. Constantly invent and re-invent yourself. Mix, match, try things on, try things out. And remember, like all true innovators, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Failure is not an...
"Go ahead, you have my permission, shop designer resale." I just know Coco would give her fashion stamp of approval. After all it was she who quipped, "Only those with no memory, insist on their originality". Boy oh boy, I love that line so much, let's say...