Fashion week wraps up here today in Amsterdam, and the big tents on soggy Museumplein, nestled amongst the Van Gogh Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and the Stedlijk Museum, are coming down. I mention soggy because of the thunderstorms & flooding in the region recently. A Cartier Marcello handbag launch event last week had to be moved […]

Individuality has often been the focus of my thoughts pertaining to style and fashion. Perhaps it’s because I have a medium build, with medium brown hair, that I sometimes try to use clothing to stand out or make a statement. But a couple of weeks ago I participated in someone else’s statement—an art event, by […]

With summer and warmer temperatures, I’m always longing to be outside, perhaps sipping a cup of tea or coffee at a waterside cafe. One thing Europe definitely has going for it over the US is the café culture. A few American cities approach the European sensibility, such as New York City or Asheville, NC, but […]

Here’s a fun idea for a practical and social evening: weed out your closet of clothes and accessories that don’t fit anymore, that you’re tired of, or that you bought but just never wear. Bring your discarded items and a bottle of wine to an appointed hostess’s apartment and pile everything on the floor or […]