I talk a lot about buying the very best that you can afford and using it for a lifetime–but how do you know if what you’re buying is good enough to actually last a lifetime?
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One of the first pieces I remember “borrowing” from my mother’s closet was a beautiful herringbone tweed overcoat with a heavy silk lining, velvet collar, and deep pockets.
read more...As I start to weed out my wardrobe of unnecessary and unworn pieces, I’m taking careful stock of my favorite investment pieces: what I have now, and what I plan to purchase in the future.
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Where do you go to shop when the stores you’ve always shopped at no longer have the same quality of your vintage pieces from those stores?
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After wearing uniforms for years in school, it’s no wonder that I still find myself gravitating towards the same sort of things over and over.
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I’ve always loved those “what’s in my bag?” posts, both from editorial features and blogging in the early 2010s. As I prepare for my black tie event, I’m reminding myself the crucial things that I need in my evening bag after two years of no events.
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Writing this blog, I realize how often I reach for clothes that used to belong to people I loved, particularly my mother and grandmother.
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I lost my mother four years ago (I’ve written a little about her here). I often feel overwhelmed with how much more I still had to learn from her and ask her. And I feel like I’ve been losing her gradually, more and more, the more time passes. So, lately, I’ve been trying to get to know her again.
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It’s just less than two weeks until the black tie dinner dance I’ve been planning for two years finally takes place (fingers crossed!)
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Do you have that one particular item that you feel you just aren’t quite ready for? For me, those were Belgian Shoes.
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