Earth Tones

Recently, these are the bags I‘ve been reaching for most often. I like them best with a grey peacoat – anything grey, actually.

Saint Laurent hobo, Gucci 1955 Horsebit bag, Celine Romy .

Miu Miu

Covetable coats and five-star layering — Miu Miu FW23 has a lot to love.

Louis Vuitton: Fab Boots

These are right up my alley and top my FW23 wishlist.

I 🤎 Brown, Continued

Just about every shade of brown has come down the runways in Paris — Pantone would be proud. Hermès right had the full spectrum, and this Loewe leather dress left, with the tricky bit, is stunning. FW23 Loewe is an excellent collection.

Bits & Bobs

According to WWD “Graydon Carter’s Air Mail is launching a beauty vertical, its first editorial expansion since the launch of the digital publication in 2019. Air Mail Look will publish monthly and be edited by Linda Wells, Air Mail’s beauty columnist since 2021 and founding editor of Allure magazine.” Linda is a brilliant editor, which means Look will be a great read. Subscribe!

I did a bit a damage while perusing Bergdorfs last week. The Dior mules were a siren song I could not resist, and I added D.S. & Durga’s s Grapefruit Generation to my perfume wardrobe.

The exhibition Tina Barney: The Beginning just opened at Kasmin Gallery and I wanted to get downtown yesterday, but time got away from me. The New York Times has a wonderful review.

The Row

The Row does a Balmacaan like no other, and the color of this leather one, from the FW collection shown in Paris yesterday, is sublime. The shoes are fantastic, too. Also, lots of gloves again this season.

A Fine Wine: Bottega’s Barolo

Bottega Veneta’s accessories in a deep red aka Barolo are incredibly chic. Both women above were photographed entering the the FW23 show on Saturday in Milan carrying the house’s signature Foulard bags — woven Foulard and smooth calf Foulard.  Mostra Mary-Jane pump in cherry. I’m champing at the bit for my burgundy Saint Laurent bag to come in so I can wear it now.

Did you notice Mrs. Prada’s pants when she took her bow? So chic.

Bottega Veneta

In the Bottega Veneta FW23 show models carried a bag and tote together. Last week I picked up a small Saint Laurent tote (looks out of stock, but it’s there) that holds a book, pair of shoes, and just a bit more. I carry it, as above, with my shoulder bag in my hand — chicer than both on the shoulder. Matthieu Blazy continued the clever layering from his SS23 collection.

To Watch, Read, & See

The recently launched Harper’s Bazaar France, with its strong focus on new talent, looks phenomenal and I’m begging a few friends who will be in Paris next week to bring me a copy. Designer Agnes Baddoo sent me the invitation to Ernst Gamperl’s Houghton Oak Project show at Salon 94 Design— his works are stunning. We read Daisy Jones & The Six in book club ages ago, so it will be fun to watch the series out March 3. The second I spied photographer Giovanni Chiaramonte’s upcoming book, Realismo Infinito, I asked the Locust Valley Bookstore to hold a copy for me when it’s released  March 21. And, the “David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller and further away)” , his new immersive digital show at Lightroom in London tops my list of must-see exhibitions. Field trip?

More Prada, Please!

I was running out the door when I posted yesterday, so last night I took a good look at the Prada FW23 collection images.  I’ve never met a crewneck sweater I didn’t love and to quote Vogue’s Nicole Phelps “the pants are apt to make women who’ve embraced the full-leg shape on so many other runways seriously rethink their closets.” Hear, hear!

As per usual, the best look of all was on Mrs. Prada herself ♥️