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|  | Investing in Winter Coats
| 11/26/2007, 09:18 PM
| | When I moved from Los Angeles to Boston ten years ago, I treated myself to a full-length, black cashmere coat by Searle. It cost $900 and it was the most expensive item I’d ever bought.
I felt beautiful and sophisticated every time I wore it. The cashmere was thick and soft. The coat was warm and enveloping. It looked great with jeans and boots, and it dressed up very well. It hung just above my ankles and swooshed when I moved. I loved that coat. Yet despite all of its positive attributes, it has been balled up in a Rubbermaid bin in my ...
Read More | | Tags: fashion, Look, |  |  | A Marriage of Convenience
| 11/24/2007, 10:53 PM
| |  | My husband wants sex.
I want shoes.
“No sex tonight,” I tell him. “I’m tired.”
“I could have sex all the time,” he says. “We need to get you a stand-in. I need a woman who wants it as much as me.”
“I need a stand-in husband too,” I tell him. “I need a man with a bigger… wallet. How about this? You get to sleep around. But, every time you sleep with another woman, I get to buy another p...
Read More | | Tags: fashion, Shoes, |  |  | Fantasy Shoe League
| 11/24/2007, 09:50 PM
| |  | I love shoes. I’m not unique in this love. Many women do. Shoes feed a women’s soul. They make us feel good even when our jeans make us feel bad. They reinforce the many facets of our personality. We wear loafers to the playground, mules with denim, stilettos out to dinner, pumps to a meeting. We can splurge on $800 boots or delight in $20 flats.
I normally try to avoid wide generalizat...
Read More | | Tags: fashion, Shoes, |  |  | European Style Report Fall 07
| 11/19/2007, 07:04 AM
| | Although I pour through Vogue, Elle and Bazaar every August and September, it’s my annual trip to Europe where I really pick up practical fashion tips. I just returned from The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Based on my observations of women out shopping, in restaurants, and at business meetings, here are the top trends I’ll be following for the Fall/Winter season.
1) Scarves. Women in Europe don’t go out without a scarf. I had always heard this but never embraced it. I always pictured a silk print scarf -- probably an Hermes—tied delicate...
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