Category Archives: Keep!
Some People Think That Laughter Is Sexy.
Item: Gown Color/Fabric: Mermaid Green, silk Designer: Vera Wang Where Purchased: TJ Maxx Years Owned: 3 Well, today I celebrated my husband’s birthday. It was a splendid evening, and stuffed with food and friends and love. But it got my mind thinking about celebrations in general, and birthdays in particular. When I was about to …
Online Shopping and the Hungarian Ballet
Item: Blouse Color/Fabric: Cream, polyester Designer: Rebecca Taylor Where Purchased: Shopbop.com Years Owned: 3 Here is a blouse that I love. It’s very romantic, with all the lace, but in a very wearable tee-shirt shape. This was an online purchase, a method of shopping that has quickly turned into a bit of an obsession with …
Do doo! Do doo! Do!! A Trio.
Item: Skirt Color/Fabric” Black, polyester/wool/spandex Designer: Gap Years Owned” 6ish? Item: Skirt Color/Fabric: Black, cotton/spandex Designer: Isaac Mizrahi Where Purchased: Target Years Owned: 5ish? Item: Skirt Color/Fabric: Black, cotton Designer: Odille Where Purchased: Anthropologie Years Owned: 4ish? Here I offer for your consideration three black skirts. But first I have to confess that I have …
Falling In Love With Blouses, Boutiques, and Rock Stars
Item: Blouse Color/Fabric: Pink, Silk, Rayon Designer: Marc Jacobs Where Purchased: Next Boutique Years Owned: 6ish This is my 17th post! I’m not sure why that number seems like a milestone, but it does. I’m very surprised and rather delighted that I am turning this into such an effortless habit. It’s becoming …
Ode To the VMAs: A Tragedy
Item: Skirt Color: Beige, Suede Designer: Strenessee Blue Where Purchased: Last Call Neiman Marcus Years Owned: 4 In honor of the Magical Tradition known as the VMAs, which were broadcast this evening, I felt it only appropriate to select a garment that was very nearly worn to last year’s event. I …
A Daydream Believer and A Homecoming Un-queen
Item: Dress Color/Fabric: Merlot, velvet Designer: Roberta Where Purchsed: ? Years Owned: 13! Tonight I am considering a sentimental favorite. This dress has lots of fun and mostly happy memories attached to it. The first time I wore it was to my senior year’s (and I mean high school) Winter Homecoming festivities. …
What A Desiccated Insect With A Giant Elephant Leg Wears
Item: Dress Color/Fabric: Blue, Cotton Designer: Lilke Where Purchased: Anthropologie Years owned: 1.5 Oh, today was not a good day. I have been crawling around in the depths of despair all day long. I still don’t have an answer for my hip/back/leg/whatever pain, and in fact now have more questions. So …
A Metaphor Of A Sweater.
Item: Sweater Color/Fabric: Black/Wool (Bedazzled) Designer: Marc Jacobs Where Purchased: Actually, a Christmas gift from my mom (And I think that she got it at a yard sale). Years owned: Almost 4 Tonight is just one of those nights when the words don’t want to come. I am trying and trying …
The Enchanted Dress
Item: Dress Color/Fabric: Raspberry, polyester Designer: Zac Posen, for Target Years owned: 0.5 So today I am making a departure. I am still in Ohio, and I miscalculated the number of items I would need to write about while here, leaving me forced to choose something I brought on my trip. I …
Prada: A Tale of Regret
Item: Sweater Color/Fabric: Merlot, cashmere Designer: Prada Where Purchased: Prada Sample Sale, Woodbury Common Years owned: 5 When I moved to New York, one of the higher numbers on my To-Do list was to go to a Designer Sample Sale. Having read about them in numerous fashion magazines and …
I Am What I Wore 