Sometimes a girl’s just got to get a little creepy. That doesn’t mean we have to sacrifice style. I’ve styled this skull print bodycon dress in three different ways to show how you can wear a piece like this without looking like a goth middle schooler. The accessories make all the difference! Dress: c/o FemmeLux,…Read More
Sunday Snapshots
From left to right: 1) Homemade bread and dulce de leche for my friends’ housewarming! 2) I wish I could have a tea party every weekend. 3) Celebrated nine years of blogging this week! 4) Happy hour oysters. 5) Forever in the theater. 6) More adventures on the sewing machine.
February Reading List
It was a pretty low-key month of reading this February. But reading fewer books than usual allowed me to dive into some really interesting topics. Thank you Random House for gifting me these books, noted with a star! Cinderella, Liberator Rebecca Solnit This was a really fun take on the classic fairytale. Solnit (author of…Read More
Fresh off the Mayflower
I call this look ‘Edgy Pilgrim’ because it blends a somewhat dowdy silhouetted dress and a floppy hat with edgier accessories to vamp it up. These Timberlands have been my go-to boots for snowy days this winter. They’re waterproof and secure with the treads on the bottom but still look very elegant and stylish. I…Read More
9 Year Anniversary
Somehow I looked up and nine years have gone by since I wrote my first blog post for Trends and Tolstoy. It’s crazy to think that almost a full decade of my life is immortalized on this website. If my 17-year-old self knew when she started this website that nine years later she would have…Read More
Sunday Snapshots
From left to right: 1) Sending in my absentee ballot since I’ll be traveling during election day! 2) A fabulous neighborhood tea party I attended. 3) Getting wild with my sewing machine. 4) An arts festival in Lowell. 5) Sporting a much needed new ‘do. 6) A fabulous new show at the Gardner Museum, “Boston’s Apollo.”