Let’s talk jewelry. Why? Because it’s sparkly, and pretty, and fun to wear? Well, yes, but there’s more to the story. Let’s talk jewelry at work. As usual, I’m talking conservative work environments, in law, finance, or technology, where you can change the effect of a black suit and white shirt simply by switching out, [...]
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25 or 30 years I ago I attended a wedding on a New Jersey farm. The land had been in the bride’s family for generations, and was replete with corn fields and hay bales. The groom was the brother of a man I hoped anxiously to marry. He would eventually propose, and I would accept, [...]
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Some of you are curious about giving or receiving pearls for a 16th birthday. Let’s answer your questions, even those you did not know you asked. Which pearls to give, or request, for a 16th birthday? Ah, tell me first what you want them to mean. We could solve a simple equation, as in, since [...]
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My brother gets married next month. True to High WASP form, he gave his fiancée a family ring when they got engaged. In fact, the Burning Man wedding reference is true to form in its own way, but that’s neither here nor there. My brother also has a diamond and sapphire brooch in his possession, [...]
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As I have said, my brother’s getting married this spring. The event promises to be creative, given that my brother and his fiance are both therapists, and both involved in the Burning Man community, whereas the venue is old-style San Francisco, Very happy events, family weddings, and often occasion for new clothes. Except the fading [...]
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Sophie, at les anti-modernes, tagged me for 5 key accessories. Sturdy Gals aren’t big on accessories unless they are useful. These days I live a pared down life. If I go out for a walk, I bring my iPhone. In a pink case so I can see the dang thing in my purse. I can’t [...]
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Key takeaway. We Baby Boomers are not so good at this all-photos-all-the-time Facebook culture. Case in point. I confess I picked the best photo. There are others, with the standard closed eyes and twisted mouth, here. Via Smilebooth I imagine a style blogger attending an industry conference feels a little bit like an astronaut, called [...]
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“Cool” fashion usually involves tension of one sort or another. The wearer has enough force of character, or enough vision, to carry off a union of unmatching goods. Combining patterns, textures, or “high-low” elements. While cool isn’t a dominant High WASP trait, some style archetypes are cooler than others. The Grande Dame wears a messy [...]
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Did any of you watch soap operas? In the days before reality TV, YouTube, and Twitter/Facebook, they were the only way to indulge in daily, trivial, calming time spent on other people’s supposed problems. Remember the guy intoning, “All The Days Of Your Lives…”? Those are my pearls. Up above. Really more than necessary. I’d [...]
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Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, a reader of this blog and, more importantly, a writer for the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times, asked me this question in a comment. (Wait. Small aside. Is that cool or what? She writes about Hong Kong and China. OK. Onwards.) Question: Would you wear simple pearl earrings with [...]
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