• Une femme recommends….

    They’re ba-a-a-a-ack….the most flattering comfortable (or comfortable flattering?) pants I’ve ever worn. These ponte knit jeans are fabulous for travel, too: washable and dress up…

  • Second Time Around

    “Balenciaga bags are OVER. They’re so 2003.” That pronouncement from a prominent style blogger a few years ago made me question my own love of…

  • Dans le jardin

    I love peonies and roses for their dramatic beauty, but sunflowers are just so darn cheerful. I don’t know about you but they always make…

  • Friday Miscellany

    Reader Linda loves her BCBG Paris “Zuma” flats and sent pictures. Here’s how you walk the dog in style! These shoes also are well reviewed…

  • Proportion Play

    This is a bit experimental for me, as I was raised with the “outerwear-should-always-be-longer-than-what’s-underneath” rule, but I really like the play of proportions here. And…

  • Would You, Could You?

    Vogue has spoken, and Birkenstocks have now been anointed as the newest darlings of the fashion set. Some of you, of course, have been wearing…

  • The Last Time I Saw Paris…

    It was for the briefest of interludes…a leisurely lunch with the fabulous Tish of A Femme d’un Certain Âge, and then back on the late…