white sale

Loving Harper's Bazaar's pages, as usual. Not so much the $27,875 price tag you get when you tally up page 70 of their June/July 2012 issue. Want to shave $26,264 off the total? Add these clean whites to your spring/summer shopping bag...

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i wonder

The Tory Burch vs. Chris Burch battle has all the makings of a really good Lifetime movie--minus a murder and/or abduction. For those folks who have no idea what I'm talking about, a brief Cliff Notes rundown...

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wrist watch

I’m a bit focused on bracelets these days. (Actually, I’m a LOT focused on bracelets these days.) And it all started when I saw a photo on a fashion blog showing a gal wearing an entire stack of jewelry on her wrist…a chunky watch, a...

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right on target

Have you noticed lately that whenever a new shopping center goes up, its name always begins with the words The Shops At…? (Go ahead: Google the phrase and you’ll see what I mean.) I think the marketing strategy has something to do with the fact that...

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here’s the skinny

I think Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point, would have a field day examining the force with which Kate Middleton’s fashion habits have been shaping the world since November 16, 2010, the day the Palace formally announced the royal engagement.  It’s become a forgone...

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i will never drop anchor

When I went through sorority rush (“You mean,” as my daughter would say, “When the dinosaurs roamed the earth?”), I ended up pledging Delta Gama. There were several reasons for this choice: 1)      I liked the girls. 2)      I wanted to live in their big, white, Colonial mansion. 3)   ...

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green (and gold) with envy

Harper’s Bazaar does a brilliant job each month scouting the style scene for their Editor’s Notes section. Each page has a theme. Each theme comes with items. Fashionable items. Items I want, but don’t necessarily want to pay for. Like: a Derek Lam cross-body bag...

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it’s a shoe-in

A while back, I told you I'd be on the look-out for budget-friendly versions of the hottest heels on the market.  The nice thing (or dangerous thing) for shoe freaks like me, is that every time I turn around there's something new to love. I'd buy...

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