Author: Susan Blakey

  • Orange You Ready For Spring?

    Une femme doesn’t usually get very excited about Spring fashions, not being much of a florals/pastels/West Palm Beach Brights kind of girl. Fall is the…

  • What Lies Underneath

    A few months back I wrote about my Spanx Conversion, which while not quite a religious experience, did broaden my sartorial horizons a great deal….

  • Sage Advice or Ageism?

    It’s no secret that we live in a culture that doesn’t exactly revere our elders. It’s generally assumed that “looking younger” is a universal and…

  • Shirley Does Chanel

    Shirley MacLaine is currently in Paris filming a biopic about Coco Chanel, according to an article in the LAT, which further Googling reveals to be…

  • Skirting the Issue – Part Deux

    Wishful thinking, peut-etre, but I’m not yet convinced that those of us who aren’t blessed with the lean-and-leggy gene have to sit on the sidelines…

  • Finding Myself Through Food

    Jan Steen: Girl Eating Oysters I was just catching up over at Harriet Brown’s terrific blog, Feed Me! and this post really resonated with my…

  • Skirting the Issue – Part Un

    Une femme’s relationship with skirts has had its ups and downs, and I’m not just talking hemlines. I love the idea of them, but the…