I’ve had this skirt probably since college and let me tell you, it never gets old. Nothing like Marilyn Monroe to make a sartorial statement. Here I’ve styled it simply with a black long-sleeved tee and flats. The belt adds some additional visual interest without competing with the print for attention. And of course, a…Read More
Neutrals
Welcome, Fall
Fall is my favorite sartorial season. Jackets, flannels, leather, layering, it all comes alive when the temperatures drop below 60. I’m just starting to break into my fall wardrobe and I put together this look with the office in mind. The dark neutral color palette matched the drizzly day but details like the white piping…Read More
The Library Look
Perhaps it’s my lifelong propensity for reading, or a woefully optimistic misinterpretation of Nancy Drew books, but sometimes I dress like a librarian. I was drawn to this bow-tie blouse because of my Gossip Girl days and paired it with a zip-down pencil skirt for a mix of classic and edgy. The look takes a…Read More
Secretarial Style
I’ve slowly but surely been adding to my work wardrobe and this is one of my favorite combinations. The cashmere turtleneck is from the Savers in Wilmington and the leather skirt is from Primark. I love the way the hard and soft textures play off each other. In the few brisk days we’ve had this year…Read More
Over the Knee
Over the knee boots have been trendy for a few seasons now and I’ve been incorporating them into my wardrobe slowly but surely. It’s very difficult for a petite, curvy woman like myself to style high boots. For one thing, you want enough leg to be showing for the look to be proportional, but you…Read More
Marc Chagall
Our final creative in the Artist Series is the Russian-French painter Marc Chagall (1887-1985). Much of his work is tied to his identity as an Eastern European Jewish man and his paintings depict a lot of the folk culture that goes with that. You may recognize The Fiddler which inspired the musical “Fiddler on the…Read More