Every autumn (and I'm going to call this "autumn" even though it's eighty degrees outside because Labor Day is about thirty seconds away), it appears that I establish a uniform.
I think it's just that every time September rolls around there's some "thing" - whether that's a pair of jeans, a sweater, a leather jacket, whatever - that I've been wanting to wear for months, and now that the weather's turning I can.
And so I do. Every day.
How to (quickly and easily) create glamorous, sideswept Old Hollywood waves that stay put.
As Dove's Hair Brand Ambassador, all products referenced in this post were provided by Dove.
I used to buy approximately 75% of my wardrobe at H&M - partly because there was a store located about thirty inches away from my train stop on East 86th Street, and partly because you can occasionally find very cute pieces at very low prices. I don't stop into the store very often these days, though, mostly because I try to make my trips into the city as abbreviated as possible, and the only H&M near me is at the mall, and malls plus toddlers don't equal a whole lot of fun.
Last week I had half an hour to kill in Manhattan between appointments, so I stopped in and found the "K" sweater pictured above, which was just $25 and which I haven't wanted to take off since (can you tell I miss someone a little bit? More on that later).
Good news/sort of bad news (for the wallet): did you know H&M now offers online shopping? It does, and you can pick up this sweater here (also available in black).
For the guys:
And for the girls:
All pieces pictured above from Joe Fresh (click through the photos above to purchase).
The Joe Fresh Times Square Pop-Up Shop is open today, August 22, from 10AM-7PM, and all proceeds from sales support Adopt A Classroom.
When I was a senior in high school, I bought my very first "fancy" bag: a bamboo-handled black crocodile-print Dooney & Bourke that I found on sale at Woodbury Commons.
I loved that bag: it was just the right size for both daytime and nighttime, the bamboo handles gave the structured shape a more laid-back vibe, and it made virtually any outfit feel simultaneously up-to-date and classic. It also somehow survived a decade of constant wear by someone who is possibly the least precious bag-owner on the planet: I stuffed that thing into suitcases, carried it cross-country several times, tossed it onto countless bar and restaurant floors, and probably sat on it once or twice...and it always looked brand-new.
It was stolen during the Great Apartment Break-In Of 2010, and I still miss it. It was perfect.
When I saw photos in this week's US Weekly of various very stylish actresses carrying Gucci's updated Bamboo Shopper, I was both very excited (bamboo bag, yes!) and very sad (Gucci bag, no).
