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12/19/2024

I don’t ask my clients to pose for pictures but I do always like to get an after shot of their closet because I think it demonstrates how uncluttered their insides feel when we finish a session. If you don’t feel this calm when getting dressed, let’s chat!

09/23/2024

This month's blog is up. Hope you'll take a look and have a think. I'm always open to your thoughts about why you buy and wear what you do.

Betty Halbreich was a shopping legend whose values I feel very much aligned with. Despite being Bergdorf Goodman’s crowning jewel of a personal shopper, she counterintuitively didn’t pu…

09/10/2024

'The clothes make the man,' or so goes the old saying. We have seen how Kamala Harris, Michelle Obama and others' clothing choices in politics are scrutinized, obsessed over and thoughtfully analyzed, most recently at the DNC. The attached article by Washington Post style writer Rachel Tashjian demonstrates just one such example.

Tonight is the Presidential Debate and the clothing of both candidates will be dissected alongside everything else. One smaller detail I'm curious to see are the style choices as well as the interpretation of the why behind the choices made.

Remember, we all send a message about ourselves with what we wear, whether we choose to or not.

Kamala Harris delivered her DNC acceptance speech in a navy Chloé pantsuit — and showed viewers she was confident, comfortable and commanding.

08/23/2024

My favorite season by far is fall. Between back to school and memories of New England growing up, I get pumped. And yet it still VERY much feels like summer in LA. What to do when the weather won't cooperate and the seasons are dragging things out? Check out my latest blog for answers plus some easy trends to consider. Enjoy and LMK me any tactics that work for you if you too are sick of summer heat, already!

Hello from 92 degrees and climbing! It’s nearly Labor Day and summer as it is typically thought of in Los Angeles has finally arrived. Methinks it’s going nowhere fast. We’re likel…

04/22/2024

The weather is doing the 'It's Almost Spring' thing here in Los Angeles. Check out my latest blog post for thoughts around how I'm dressing and organizing for the transition, as well as my fave (and most wearable) Spring 2024 trends for all. Enjoy and Happy Spring!

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Spring seemed to have officially landed in LA last week…and subsequently departed. It was winter this weekend, and now summer hot today. Though the weather report tells me I wi…

03/07/2024

Here's a fashion / sport crossover that hits the Venn diagram of our household. I'll be watching...and not just for how they handle the turns. Who else enjoys F1?
P.S. Shout out to Gregory R. Little for introducing me to F1 years ago.

The German retailer’s Gen-Z label will design apparel for the newly rebranded Visa Cash App RB team.

03/03/2024

Had to get snaps of these 💚Kermit Stan Smiths 💚 in the field. They made me so happy and I realize I am all in for a Muppets collab on literally anything. Try me! 🐸 🌈

03/02/2024

‘It’s not a trend. It appeals to a certain kind of joy in everybody.’ Iris Apfel was the ultimate icon for maximalism, for high / low fashion, for dressing for joy, for matching your outsides to your insides. May she rest in peace and in our inspirations always. The most remarkable of women!

She came to fame in the fashion world in her 80s and 90s, and her wildly eclectic closet of clothes formed a hit exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

02/28/2024

Damn right she’s a hero to Gen X…
I do appreciate when brands put their visibility to good use, not just to sell clothes but to support women , encourage voting and perhaps to introduce new generations to survivors like the brilliant and resilient . Score one for Reformation. 💪

The activist and writer talks exclusively with ELLE about fronting Reformation’s “You’ve Got the Power” campaign.

02/27/2024

Overstuffed? Cheek by jowl? Packed in like sardines? However you describe your closet, if it’s feeling tight, it’s likely time for a wardrobe review. Most of us wear 20% of what we own. Let’s free those extra clothes - and the hangers that serve them - so YOU feel freer every dang day.