The holiday season has officially begun, for better or for worse. I hope all my readers in the United States enjoyed some quality time (and delicious food) with family and friends over the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Instead of perusing Cyber Monday offerings this afternoon and being tempted by the many “deals” on offer, I’m …
I started the practice of keeping an outfit journal almost ten years ago as one way of addressing an ongoing style rut. Since that time, I have periodically returned to this practice to help increase my awareness of what does and doesn’t work for my personal style. This awareness helps me to create better outfits, …
In my last post, I shared how I used my recent travel wardrobe as a foundation to create a hypothetical summer Project 333 capsule. I always find it helpful to create Project 333 and other such capsules, even if I’m not going to actually limit myself to only wearing those items. We learn a lot …
In late August, I took a weeklong trip to visit my family and celebrate my dad’s eightieth birthday. As usual, I agonized over what to pack – and as usual, I probably packed too much. I just don’t travel often enough to become adept at packing a small capsule that fits into a carry-on bag, …
This post is coming quite a bit later than I originally thought it would. Shortly after returning home from a weeklong trip to see my family and celebrate my dad’s eightieth birthday, I came down with COVID. Up until that point, I had escaped the virus for 3.5 years, but my luck finally ran out. …
My Wardrobe, Myself 