toteme-ish
Thursday, February 1
Love this spring-ready take on the Toteme--at a quarter of the price.
1. H&M silk blouse, $84, hm.com
2. Frame jeans, $300, mytheresa.com
3. Boden jacket, $230, bodenusa.com
4. Elleme woven bag, $530, shopbop.com
5. Miu Miu mocassins, $925, bergdorfgoodman.com
hats off
Wednesday, January 31
Hats off to all the daring Danes braving the wind and snow during Copenhagen Fashion Week! I went down a rabbit hole digging up some options to wear when I go to New York Fashion Week in February and found a slew on Amazon and Etsy (here and here), along with these head-turners from Kule, Janessa Leone, Rugan Baginskiy, and Urban Outfitters (the striped/heart shaped, below, more here!).
Photos: Romina Introini
linked in
Wednesday, January 31
Target totally on target.
1. Ganni denim mini dress, $265, mytheresa.com
2. Madewell ring, $28, shopbop.com
3. J.Crew leather bucket bag, $198, jcrew.com
4. Target flats, $39, target.com
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scandi cool
Tuesday, January 30
While we're currently pondering how many more months are in the month of January, let's also examine our Scandinavian sisters who endure a much longer, colder, and darker winter. Typically, they do it boldly--via bright, every-color-under-the rainbow hues. But as these snaps from Copenhagen Fashion Week reveal, muted shades are on the up and up and so are big statement accessories (like the mariner's bracelet and Dorsey Riviere, above!) with a smidge of leopard print, just for kicks. Also strong: colored tights, socks and sheer stockings, plus a myriad of brown bags, big (The Row) and small (Prada, above). I'll take me a long Simkhai grey coat, a Prada statement skirt, some fresh new J.Crew leather, and fuzzy Lisa Yang cashmere to get through the rest of this long winter!
Photos: Teen Vogue, Pernille Teisbaek
sheer to shearling
Tuesday, January 30
LA's yo-yo weather this week will have me going from sheer to shearling in a snap--and Shopbop's sale is going to help me wing it super stylishly, starting with the Montelinliana boots, above, at 40% off (love the blue laces, going to Aspen with me in March!), the crochet Gimaguas dress ($100!), below, that will be easily layered/winterized for running around upcoming New York Fashion Week, along with the most perfect everyday black boots by Staud, the Lioness bomber jacket (think: over a grey hoodie!), this pinstriped Madewell blazer, these Slvrlake khaki pleated trousers, and this Le Jean denim skirt. Right-now closet staples!
sister support
Friday, January 26
It was Cartagena, Colombia last week. Today it's Costa Careyes, Mexico. Miami tomorrow. My sister's photo-shoot schedule has her too busy to Face Time, she says, but then a pic, like the one, above, pops up on her Instagram feed, among many other scenic snapshots! So I am jumping on a plane today to alleviate her work stress, because I'm such a supportive sister! I'll be borrowing her new Agua Bendita bikini, above, that she somehow squeezed in time to buy while on location in South America, and supplementing her South Beach-ready suitcase with fresh, unsullied pieces: this lace-trimmed For Love & Lemons blouse-meets-cover-up, this versatile MSGM mini dress, this statement-making macrame-trimmed Zimmermann tote bag (on sale!), this Missoni Mare bikini top (also on sale), and this ethereal Simkhai for dinner at Mandolin. Off to work, I go!
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Thursday, January 25
This morning began like most, at 6:10AM, reading glasses on, phone in hand, still in bed yet on a mission to catch up with the wide-awake world. However, I wasn't scrolling through my Instagram feed, text messages and email like usual. Instead, I was double-clicking on a dozen links in Sarah's Retail Diary, an info-dense Substack, written by a seasoned retail exec and trend researcher, that's become my go-to oracle of fashion-oriented business intelligence. Today, I discovered Julia Rabinowitz, founder of The Milennial Decorator, who sells the most desirable vintage shoes (and belts, watches, jewelry) via highly-anticipated drops 10-12 times a year. Her snaps here! Which prompted me to do a quick check at The Real Real, yielding the $227 Altuzarra fringed jacket now coming my way (there's more, BTW). Then I segued onto Vogue, and its street style coverage at Paris Couture shows, which had me contemplating layering a crochet statement skirt (this or this) over a conventional midi for some fashion-week fire. I am still on a roll!
Photos: The Millenial Decorator
dream weaver
Thursday, January 25
Raise their eyebrows and keep your lips tight. No one needs to know all the details.
1. Cos denim dress, $170, cos.com
2. Jenny Bird necklace, $138, jennybird.com
3. River Island clutch, $65, riverisland.com
4. Paris, Texas boots, $860, neimanmarcus.com
sock hop
Wednesday, January 24
While white tights paraded down Chanel's haute couture catwalk in Paris yesterday, colored socks bedecked the boulevards--and not just the ubiquitous crimson crew. Think out-of-the-box blue, green, white, purple--whatever goes with the rest of the outfit. I'm betting this trend will take to the streets here back at home and going all in with this cashmere set in a neutral--ish range. Another source for inexpensive options here and here!
