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A Perfect Pairing

I have my eye on this Moncler quilted down shell jacket, it would look great with these Frame Slim Palazzo jeans — a perfect pairing.

On My Inspiration Board

Miuccia’s Magic

I’m completely taken with this picture of Princess Olympia of Greece and Denmark in February Town & Country. The enchanting Prada shift and satin mules take ‘pretty’ in a whole new direction. I love Princess Olympia’s hair and lip color, too.

On My Radar

This & That: A Few Classics

It’s halftime so I thought I’d put together several images that have been sitting on my desktop. I’m a huge fan of Sofia Richie Grainge’s classics focused personal style. This David Yurman Cable ring would be a nice addition to her stack, and mine… In a brilliant move, Estée Lauder tapped Frédéric Malle (whose perfume brand was acquired by the Estée Lauder Companies in 2015) to revive and modernize five classic fragrances. The Legacy Collection will be available February 1. Not sure how I missed the release of Claire Keegan’s So Late In The Day last November. It’s excellent. The Manolo Blahnik Turgimod is another true classic — the calf and suede T-bar is the ultimate slingback. Early fall 2023 I predicted patterned tights would be everywhere. Now, in the depths of winter, solid colors are looking super chic.

On My Inspiration Board

Vogue France: Styling Inspo

Last July I started my style re-evaluation. Can’t say I’ve progressed very far, but images like these in February Vogue France inspire me to shake things up a bit. Stylist Taylor Angino’s clever layering on Suzi de Givenchy is on my inspiration board.

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Do The Twist

Chemena Kamali was designing a line for Frame when she was named Chloé creative director, and her pieces are now available. I popped into the Frame shop to try these Camille slingbacks. The twist detail gives them a cool Emmanuelle Alt vibe and I’m wearing them with slim jeans and an oversized sweater.

On The Hunt For

The Row Boots

These FW24 The Row boots are just what I’ve been looking for. Sadly, I’ll have to wait until next fall.

On My Radar

Bits & Bobs

I watched Past Lives, starring Greta Lee, on a flight last week and it is excellent. Marcheline Isabelle posted recently on Ms. Lee’s red carpet looks. Inverno, poet Cynthia Zarin’s first novel, is next in the queue — I want to finish it before I hear her speak this Thursday. Bows are everywhere so I pulled out my Jennifer Behr Gretta. I bought a pair of pumps from The Row’s Resort collection and love them. The ones above are the SS24 version and here. It would, undoubtedly, be sacrilegious to reupholster Mother’s Frances Knoll sofa in a floral print, but I’m tempted. This Nuxe body spray that I picked up at Monoprix in Paris is lovely. Next trip to Paris is late March/early April and I want to see Exteriors — Annie Ernaux and Photography at MEP. The exhibition celebrates the close relationship between photography and the writing of Annie Ernaux, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2022, through texts from her book Exteriors (Journal du dehors) 1993, and photographs from the MEP collection.” Lastly, these Prada trousers are something my wardrobe is lacking.

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Sterling

I’m sure many of you received this Kendall Conrad email yesterday, too. Silver jewelry is roaring back and it looks especially stunning styled with KC’s wrapped cuff and cream fisherman-knit sweater.

On My Mind

Wrapped, Tucked, And Cozy

When I spied the image above right in a collage on Uniform, it reminded me that Jil Sander’s 1997 F/W collection was an all-time favorite. Wrapped, tucked, and cozy are appealing to me right now. I suspect that both Gauchere and Phoebe Philo were inspired by this collection.

Travel

Paris Dispatch

As I wrote last year: Paris in January is great — no crowds and the city feels intimate and relaxed. It was frigidly cold, but no more so than NYC. I took the Max Mara Cube vest and parka, both pack down to nothing and were toasty. This was a long overdue mother-daughter trip. We stayed at Chateau Voltaire, roamed the quiet city, and found the Chanel Ballet Flats in her size. I couldn’t resist the camellia embossed denim slingbacks, they’ll be great with jeans come spring. Artist Léon Comerre’s 1903 painting of his daughter Géo hangs in the Petit Palais. Her blouse and skirt are timeless and I would happily wear them today. Jeanne Damas’s new book La Vie En Rouje was released this morning in France, however, I got back to New York last night. It will be available here March 1. Guerlain’s newly launched fragrance Aqua Allegoria in Nerolia Vetiver smells divine and I appreciate that the beautiful bottles are refillable. Finally, Louis Vuitton will open its first branded hotel on the Champs-Elyseés, and while under construction the building is wrapped as an LV trunk. It is something to behold.