Packing for: Summer Ranch Vacation

Vacation, all I ever wanted…vacation had to get away… We’re heading to a dude ranch for a family reunion next month. This means country living by way of hammocks, horseback riding, hiking trails, lake swims, and cocktails + rocking chairs…

Runway Rework: Derek Lam Spring 2012

If you follow Michelle Obama’s fashion choices, you know that one of the designers that she keeps in heavy rotation is Derek Lam. Lam manages to combine cutting edge and conservative in a way that gels beautifully for working women…

Summer Skirts: Hiking to Cocktails

Is it just me, or have skirts recently fallen out of favor with people older than seven? Skirts were such a staple item for me about ten years ago, and then for no reason at all, I just stopped wearing…

Plastic Shoes: What Say You?

I love these shoes: …and they’re only $42, because they’re plastic. Or as vinyl is now know, “vegan leather.” Ha ha ha ha ha. Vegan leather: The tofurkey of footwear. I’m no vegan, so I don’t have a political or…

Everlane: A New Model for the Fashion Biz?

An article in this weekend’s Los Angeles Times profiled a new designer fashion company, Everlane.  What makes Everlane different? The web-only company wants to provide luxury-quality clothing and accessories at price points under $100. They do this by cutting out…

What’s New, F21?

Time to check in with Forever 21 to see what’s new, and if anything passes. Look at that! Maybe they saw my mention of wide, Obi-style belts and brought this one into the store. That embroidery is quite elaborate and…

Some predictions for Mad Men’s season 5 finale on Sunday. I’m trying to find out when we’ll see season 6. Will get back to you. Brooks Brothers outfitted the men in Baz Lurhman’s upcoming Great Gatsby. The Hollywood Reporter has…

A Short Post About Women’s Shorts

I welcome you to this post with two questions: 1. The shorts suit: Has anyone actually seen this in action in the wild? Does it work? Would you wear it? 2. Do denim cut-offs have an age cut-off? That was…

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I started taking ballet lessons when I was twelve. Getting into the ballet game that late, in a small city that was far away from professional dancers, and with my oddly-shaped legs, meant that I would never be a serious…

White Summer Sundresses

Very soon it’s going to be 96 degrees everywhere in this greenhouse of a continent we call North America, and it will be morning, and you will want to put on a simple casual white dress and call yourself done. …