Author: Susan Blakey

Foulard de la semaine

Oui, Virginia, you really can wear scarves when the weather gets warmer. This is a “Liberty of London” very sheer silk scarf, probably at least…

Getting Paid To Shop

Sounds like a fantasy, doesn’t it? If you shop online frequently, you should know about Ebates. You sign up, and when you connect to your…

Dial M for…

A few weeks ago, my doc confirmed my growing suspicion from the last several menarche-free months: I have crossed the hormonal Rubicon. The good news…

Foulard de la semaine

This is the same scarf that I wore knotted a couple of weeks ago. This time I crossed the ends through a Chain d’ancre scarf…

Running With The Pack

Last year prior to my first trip to Paris, I obsessed for months about what to wear and pack. Between mon mari, who is a…

Foulard de la semaine

“Jardins d’Hiver” scarf with scarf ring. Jacket is J.Crew navy linen, purchased recently. Because the collar has ruching detail, I wanted to keep the scarf…

Embracing Your Inner Bourgeois*

Or, What’s So Bad About Looking Respectable?*Title inspired from this comment from materfamilias on her post here, (responding to comments from the Scarves discussion at…

Age-Appropriate Yet Ageless

That was my first reaction when I saw this at The Sartorialist today. Though I probably wouldn’t wear this ensemble myself (being short, the clothes…

The City That Doesn’t Sleep

Combine too much bad office coffee downed during interminably long meetings, a rich dinner with cocktails and wine and a double espresso to top it…