shoes

beyond the breton stripe

  While a marinière striped top is a classic that shows few signs of waning popularity, stripes in a variety of formats seem poised for…

dark florals

In our grand tradition of being behind the curve, le Monsieur and I have been watching “The Borgias” for the first time, thanks to Netflix….

sidewalk café

One of my very favorite things in life is to sit at a sidewalk café in Paris, sipping coffee and watching the world go by….

monday mixer

  In comments on last Monday’s “lessons from the travel wardrobe” post, reader Cindy asked to see how I’d combine items above to create different…

outfit edit: the fab five

  Sometimes we get a clearer picture of things and can better see patterns emerge in retrospect. Going back through my outfit posts from this…

not what I’d planned

I had planned to have a fresh outfit post up today, but when I went to grab my camera equipment yesterday afternoon, I realized my…

wearing: black white denim

(If we’re going for accuracy, those dark stripes in the shirt are actually a charcoal grey.) And yes, that’s a crew neck sweater. It was…

polished casual

This was one of those looks that came together without a lot of fuss or effort, and was a great reminder that I’m often happiest…