Each time I’m about to update this series, I’m reminded of some family friends who fought the good fight for several years to adopt a little girl from China. Already in their 50s by the time they decided to make this commitment, they sacrificed a lot of time, expenses, and heart to find their daughter. It took them two tries, …
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Winter Wonderland
You would think that packing would be a cinch for me by now. I should be able to do it with my eyes closed, right? Well, generally that would be true. But for whatever silly reason, on this trip to NY I sorely underestimated the whims of Mother Nature–how she could give me sunshine one day (cue all the adorable …
Dior Happened
The problem with brand loyalty, especially when carried to an extreme sartorial experiment by me, is that I miss out on a lot of other cool creations that are happening elsewhere outside of the universe at 31 rue Cambon. Anyway, my friend SL has been telling me about these Mise En Dior tribal earrings for who knows how long now, …
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Downtown Girl
It should be no surprise to you that I am back on the road. The last photo of the suitcases in my last entry should have been a dead giveaway. What I failed to mention, though, was that I actually ended up with three pairs of striped sneakers: two from the Missoni x Converse collab and another slip-on pair from …
Petit H
Sustainable fashion is now in vogue, but I remember sifting through heaps of fabric scraps from other people’s sewing stashes decades ago to see if I couldn’t make something new out of someone else’s leftovers. But before you give me a pat on the back for being socially responsible or environmentally forward thinking way back then, it was really more …