What to Pack: Thanksgiving in the South

Like millions of you, I spent the Thanksgiving weekend out-of-town. Unlike Christmas, which stretches languorously across the last two weeks of the year, Thanksgiving gets crammed into a truncated weekend. With so many activities and so little time, I kept my suitcase super-light by traveling with three variations of a single theme. Every single outfit was an […]

My Winter Coat Goes for a Test Drive

Committing to a winter coat is as weighty a decision as purchasing a car. (And with the price of coats these days, it feels as expensive, too.) Earlier this year, I wrote about some of the coats I was considering. I wound up eschewing all those options, choosing this navy Maje mohair blend, which I snagged during their […]

What to Wear to a Fall Wedding

This past weekend, I went to Saratoga Springs for a wedding. It was an evening wedding, which calls for an extra spackle of glitz. But it was also unseasonably cold — around 37 degrees — and nothing can kill glamour faster than winter-esque layers. When I purchased this silk Betsey Johnson dress in 2007, it was originally winter […]