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encore: grown-up dressing

This post originally appeared in June, 2014. I began blogging in 2007 partly because I was struggling to figure out how to dress my 50-plus-year-old self….

encore: warm weather travel wardrobe tips

This post originally appeared in March, 2014. Clockwise, from left: Dress | Shirt | Hat | Tee | Bracelet |Pants | Sandals | Sandals I’ve had a few requests to put together some warm weather travel…

warm weather workday

Dressing for the office in warmer weather is always a bit of a challenge. Granted, our office on the casual side, but if I have meetings…

the graceful wardrobe

…or Effortless Isn’t Easy. I was born too late for the Golden Age of Hollywood, at least in theaters. But from an early age, I sought…

what I would have worn #187

We were scheduled to attend a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, and for once I was not panicking, because I’d found this wonderful navy polka dot dress…

sharing a few sale finds…

I wanted to show you a few more things I picked up from the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale. The sale is currently open to Nordstrom cardholders…

Is “Chic” Passé?

Is “Chic” Passé?

Conceptualizing Chic I’ve been writing versions of this post in my head for months now. But it was one recent commenter on my Facebook page…

inspired by: relaxed layers

I continue to be inspired and intrigued by layered looks with softer pieces. Short-over-long, long-over-short, even long-over-long, it all flies. Whether or not our style is…

summer black & white

I happened to be wearing this last week when I read a fabulous post from Patti at Not Dead Yet Style about holding out for those items…