A Few Things I've Been Thinking About 

I opened Michelle Obama's latest book The Look  late one night, thinking I’d read a few pages before bed. By the time I reached the dedication, I was in tears.

She wrote:

“To all of the people behind the scenes of fashion and beauty who use their expert hands and creative gifts to make us feel our...

Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterward. 

—Oscar Wilde 

Have you ever wondered what’s next? 

I’ve learned that just when I think everything in my life is under control, suddenly it’s not. Bam. Everything changes. Guaranteed. 

An unexpect...

Have you ever noticed that some people older than you energize you - and some much younger drain you?

It's something I've bee thinking about lately. I've had conversations with "elderly" women that left me feeling lit up, and alive, like I could take on the world in good lipstick and a killer handb...

When my husband turned 65 last week, we celebrated with a West Coast cruise. (Yes, I robbed the cradle—he robbed the grave. We call it even.)

It was everything I needed and nothing I expected. I told myself I’d get a little work done between ports. I didn’t. I sang and danced instead—more than I...

Every woman I know has stood in front of her closet and sighed: I have nothing to wear. And yet, the hangers are crowded.

The truth is, most of us are hanging onto clothes that don't fit our bodies, our lives, or the women we've become. We buy things for the wrong reasons. We keep things out of gui...

Brown isn’t usually the headliner on the *it* list of fashion colours. It’s often been dismissed as basic, boring, or too tricky to wear—especially for those who don’t have warm undertones in their skin. But this fall, brown has taken center stage. Walk through any store right now and you’ll noti...