Anna Wintour in Boots

Anna at London Fashion Week 2014. Photo by Bauer Griffin.

It’s been awhile since I featured Anna Wintour, Editor in Chief of Vogue, in a “How I Wear My” reminder post, so when I saw some of the pictures of her in wild coats and her beloved winter boots at the recent London Fashion Week I knew it was time to focus on Anna’s fashion choices once again. I love that she goes in for the boldly patterned trenches or coats with high leather boots. It’s a great combination and always looks so stylish and modern on her.

I love the geometric patterns of this coat. Photo by Bauer Griffin.

This is your friendly reminder that Adrienne and I are accepting pictures for “How I Wear My: Boots” until March 3, 2014. Send them to us at [email protected]. Do join us, Anna would want you to!

Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations

She was the Barefoot Contessa. She was either married to or had affairs with Mickey Rooney (husband), Howard Hughes (lover), Artie Shaw (husband), Frank Sinatra (husband), and George C. Scott (lover), among others. She never had children. She was quick-witted and funny and loved booze, nightlife, and sex. And the face, my God, the face, certainly one of the most beautiful creatures ever to appear on film from the early 1940s and beyond.

Ava Gardner, both the Hollywood legend and the hilarious down-to-earth woman, is the subject of the excellent book Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations by Peter Evans and Ava Gardner. In 1988, Evans, a journalist hired to ghostwrite Ava’s memoirs, spent months with Gardner, audiotaping hours’ worth of interviews with her. Ava, 65 at the time and having recovered from a major stroke, needed the money a tell-all memoir could provide and reluctantly agreed to collaborate on a book about her life. “I’m broke, honey, I either write the book or sell the jewels,” she told Evans. “And I’m kinda sentimental about the jewels.”

I love this picture of Ava in blue.

It was fascinating to read about how a gorgeous, but poor, girl from North Carolina found herself on her way to Hollywood to become a contract player, then a starlet, and eventually a major movie star. Some of my favorite passages were about Ava’s youth in North Carolina and what it was like to grow up during the Great Depression, the daughter of a sharecropper:

“There was never enough money. Daddy’s ass was always in some kind of sling or another. It was a struggle for them but they got by and I always felt loved. There was always milk on our doorstep. If you’re going to be poor, be poor on a farm, that’s what I say. I remember when I started out in movies, in the forties, one of the Hollywood papers said we had been dirt poor. It was a story some MGM press agent must have put out to make my life sound more interesting than it was. That pissed me. Dirt poor! It made it sound as if we were white trash. I didn’t even mind being called a hillbilly but dirt poor crossed a line. There were plenty of hard times, no question. We were often broke, but never in our lives were we dirt poor. I resented it when reporters put it in their stories. It made me mad.”

Ava and Mickey on their wedding day, January 10, 1942. © Everett Collection.

In addition to her youth I loved reading about how she got to Hollywood—the ol’ cliché of a photo that caught someone’s eye, followed by a screen test, but in her case dubbed to hide her thick southern accent—and her beginnings in Tinseltown, especially her marriage to Mickey Rooney (my, he was a randy guy back in the day). He was the biggest movie star in the country when Ava married him in 1942. She was 19, he was 21. Their marriage lasted a year.

With Clark Gable in a scene from Mogambo, 1953.

The book is also an interesting window into the nature of interviews and truth-telling between subject and journalist, with the tension between Ava and Evans becoming part of the structure. Evans noted how often Ava forgot the exact dates of things, leaving him to untangle the order of events or even if the things he’d read about or she’d claimed had actually happened. She was also on guard. Evans writes that she had told a friend about working with Evans on the book, “Do you think I’m crazy? Of course I’m not going to tell the whole truth…I’m going to say things that leave the impression with people that I want left with them.”

Ava wanted a lot of the sex and her frequent cussing left out of the book, but I have to side with Evans, who argued to leave it in—it is so much more authentic to hear Ava’s real voice, and all the sex and F words are better left in!

Ava and Frank in 1951. Photo by Murray Garrett/Getty Images.

Ava and Evans never delve too deeply into her marriage to Frank Sinatra, unfortunately, because of Ava’s reluctance to talk about him, and Frank’s influence on her, which continued long after their marriage was over, is what halted the interviews Ava gave to Evans, as well as the autobiography project itself.

The book ends abruptly, as does the author’s life—in August 2012, as Evans was finishing the book that had been shelved for nearly twenty-five years, which had been approved of by that time by the estate of Ava Gardner (Ava passed away in 1990), he suffered a massive heart attack and died. Still, even in its somewhat unfinished state, this is a wonderful last book to have left behind by Mr. Evans, presenting a thought-provoking and fascinating rendition of a remarkable Hollywood life.

Ava in her later years: still gorgeous!

Pictures 2, 4 and 6 courtesy of Doctor Macro.

The Fix Is In?

L to R: Yu-Na Kim, Adelina Sotnikova, and Carolina Kostner. Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images Europe.

For all you Olympic watchers out there: Do let me know what you thought of the ladies’ figure skating competition in Sochi. I did not realize when I wrote my prediction post that Carolina Kostner of Italy was still competing, I forgot about Yu-Na Kim of South Korea, the defending Olympic champion from the 2010 Vancouver games, and did not even know about Adelina Sotnikova, because there was nary a mention of her in the team event. Carolina won the bronze medal, Yu-Na took the silver, and Adelina won the whole thing, the first time a Russian skater has ever won a ladies’ singles Olympic gold medal.

Apparently some people feel there was fixed judging, with no less authorities than Christine Brennan, a noted sports journalist with a specialty in figure skating, and Tai Babilonia, five-time U.S. Pairs Champion, and 1979 World Champion (with her partner Randy Gardner), both taking to Twitter and saying outright that the judging was flawed and fixed.

I don’t know, I saw all the performances, and while I would give the gold to Yu-Na artistically, technically I can see why Adelina won (and it was so close to begin with), so I feel that the judging was pretty fair, but I will be curious to see if there are further suggestions from the media and other famous skaters that the judging was fixed.

Speaking of controversies, NBC will air a documentary “Nancy & Tonya” about one of the most notorious sports scandals, in any sport, on Sunday at 7PM, just before the Sochi closing ceremonies. I can’t wait to hear what Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding each have to say, twenty years after the knee-whacking heard around the world.

I can’t bear to put a picture of Tonya Harding on my blog so I will stick with this photo of Nancy Kerrigan in her gorgeous Vera Wang-designed dress (set with 11,500 rhinestones!) from her free skate at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. It is a great picture of her, taken during the skate of her life.

Nancy at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics. Photo by Chris Cole/Getty Images.

Julie Vos Sample Sale

Charing Cross ring in lemon topaz by Julie Vos. I love the green tones in this stone.

If you need a little something sparkly in your life to get you through this harsh winter, head over—quickly!—to the Julie Vos sample sale, going on now, where they are offering an extra 25% off already reduced prices with the code EXTRA25 at checkout. I just picked up this gorgeous Charing Cross ring in lemon topaz, which I love. I will wear this now and into the summer!

The perfect size cocktail ring!

I see they even have the Corsica Stacking rings I have written about in the past for sale, now $28 each (and that’s before the extra 25% off). What a deal!

Corsica Stacking Rings in moonstone, aqua chalcedony, and labradorite.

I picked up the matching Corsica pendant because it just seems so summery and wonderful. Unfortunately that is now sold out but there are other beautiful necklaces, rings, bracelets, and earrings to be had, for a fraction of their original prices. The sale only goes until tomorrow, Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at 9AM so hurry and check everything out today!

Corsica pendant in aqua chalcedony.

I am a big fan of Julie Vos jewelry—it’s glamorous, budget-friendly, and fun. The company is also based right here in New York City so for me, it’s shopping local, which I always love to do.

If you end up buying anything from this sample sale do let me know what you decide on,
I’d love to hear all about it!

Fashionphile Pet Picks Calendar 2014

The Fashionphile Pet Pick Calendar 2014. I do love a stylish kitty!

When I got an email from Fashionphile about their new calendar a few days ago I had to check it out since I had one of their calendars last year that they sent me for free. It featured the highest of high-end bags that were fun to see hanging on the wall for every month of the year.

This 2014 calendar is even better than last year’s—it features a new pet for every month, many of them rescue dogs and cats, next to some of the most beautiful bags on the market today.

This cat is a twin of my cat (see below). This cat also has excellent taste in bags.

I did a double take when I saw the tuxedo kitty above. My first thought was, When did Tippi go out for a photo shoot? My cat looks exactly like this cat, down to the black on only one of her front legs. My second thought was, Tippi’s twin has great taste in bags! What’s not to love about an Hermès Birkin in this beautiful shade of yellow? Well, yes, I know, the price tag, but besides that?

Tippi poses with Essie’s Bachelorette Bash, my current color crush.

The 2014 Fashionphile Pet Picks Calendar is just $5, ships for FREE in the United States, and all the proceeds go to the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA. All these adorable animals and great bags and all for a good cause!

I love this picture. I want the dog and bag both!

Millie the rescue dog with Balenciaga bags. Adorable!

For more information and pictures click here.

All photos from the calendar are by and courtesy of Fashionphile.

Happy Valentine’s Day

I wasn’t going to write a post today but when I turned my calendar and saw this antique brooch, featured in the Page-a-Day Gallery Calendar Jewelry 2014 by Workman Publishing (which I picked up for half-price at Barnes & Noble last month and have been loving), I thought it was too beautiful not to share. It is a 19th century heart-shaped brooch with alternating rows of rubies and diamonds. Stunning!

Another thing of beauty is this card my mother made for Valentine’s Day. Isn’t it divine?

My Valentine’s Day night will be about staying in with my family and watching the Olympics (what a Valentine some lucky guy is going to get today when he is crowned the Men’s Olympic Champion in figure skating). However you celebrate, I hope your day is filled with fun and love.

Happy Valentine’s Day to all you fine foxes out there!

Olympic Figure Skating Dresses and the Girl to Beat

Peggy with her Olympic gold medal won in Grenoble, France, 1968. I love this shot of her!

Since the figure skating events at the Sochi Olympics are underway this week and next, I can’t help but think of skating dresses I have loved on ladies’ singles competitors in past Olympics. It is a very short list.

Peggy Fleming in Grenoble, France, 1968, in her Olympic dress.

Two dresses which I find iconic and emblematic of simpler times in the sport of figure skating were the green dress worn by Peggy Fleming when she won her gold medal in 1968 in Grenoble, France (I wasn’t born then but I have always loved pictures of Peggy from that time), and Dorothy Hamill’s red dress which she wore when she won her gold medal in Innsbruck, Austria in 1976. Note how they are nearly identical in style, with jeweled neckline and sleeve cuffs, in solid colors, with no other embellishment.

Dorothy Hamill in Innsbruck, Austria, with her 1976 Olympic gold medal. Adorable!

The only other skater whose Olympic dresses I loved was Nancy Kerrigan.

I thought this neon yellow dress she wore during her short program at the 1992 Olympic games in Albertville, France was terrific. She won a bronze medal that year.

Nancy in her short program at the 1992 Olympics. Photo by Rick Stewart.

At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, I adored the black and white dress she wore for the short program, with its black velvet bands at the bodice, sheer sleeves which ended in a beaded cuff, and the open back. Elegant and gorgeous!

Nancy at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer. Photo by Getty Images.

I love the black and white, sheer sleeves, and the open back. Photo source.

And that stunning champagne-colored dress she wore for her long program is the most gorgeous skating costume I have ever seen. It sparkled from every angle and was glorious. I remember being blown away when Nancy took to the ice for her freeskate wearing that dress. I still love it, twenty years later!

My favorite skating dress of all time. Nancy Kerrigan, Lillehammer, 1994. Photo by Chris Cole.

Both of Nancy’s dresses that year were by Vera Wang, who did an outstanding job designing for her. Nancy won the silver medal at the Lillehammer Olympics.

I feel like skating dresses reflect their time and the fashions of the day, to some degree, though there can be wide differences in looks depending on the skater’s personal style, country of origin, and the music she is skating to.

As for the Sochi games, I have seen a few dresses I’ve liked but my favorite so far has been the red and gray dress worn by 15-year-old Russian skater Yulia Lipnitskaya. I give high marks to the red and gray dress she wore for the long program in the team event. She skated to John Williams’ score for the movie Schindler’s List and gave a heart-stopping performance.

Yulia Lipnitskaya. Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images Europe.

This dress combines tailoring with softness. Perfection! Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Europe.

I loved everything about the dress she wore, from the color, to the combination of tailored bodice and chiffon skirt with its thin edge of beading, the very subtle use of sequins, and the sheer gloves.

Photo by Matthew Stockman.

Have a look at this dress and this girl because by the night of February 20, 2014, when the ladies skate their long programs, Yulia could very well become the ladies’ Olympic champion. It will be well-deserved!

Photo by Matthew Stockman.

Do you recall any standout dresses on women, American or not, who competed in the Olympic figure skating ladies’ singles championship?

A Marie Antoinette Spring

Dior Spring 2014 beauty campaign ad. J’adore!

It’s funny how one thing can lead to another. When I read in the January issue of Vogue that there would be a Dior beauty campaign for Spring 2014 called “Dior Trianon,” devoted to the icy pastel colors favored by Marie Antoinette, I had to check it out at Sephora at 34th Street in Manhattan, specifically the Dior Vernis blue nail polish I saw in the magazine, “Porcelaine.”

I love this shade of blue. Divine!

I loved the pale blue of “Porcelaine” but I am not a big fan of Dior nail polishes—I love the packaging, and the bottle size and shape are glamorous, but the brush itself is wide and unwieldy and the stem the brush sits on is not very long. I never feel quite in control of the coverage when I am using a Dior polish. Add to the fact that they cost about $24 a bottle and I was in the market for a dupe.

“Infatuated” by Formula X for Sephora. A great dupe for “Porcelaine” by Dior.

Enter the Formula X line by Sephora. Just $10.50 a bottle, with a gorgeous range of colors, and they had a shade called “Infatuated” that looked exactly like “Porcelaine.” The lovely and nail polish-knowledgable Sephora associate Aisha modeled it for me since I was already wearing polish and voilà! I was sold.

I think the coverage is great and the drying time was pretty quick. I am wearing two coats in these pictures and no top coat. There is no shimmer in this polish at all, the same as “Porcelaine,” which doesn’t have it either.

Also mentioned in the Vogue beauty write-up was that Dior will be undertaking the renovation of the Queen’s House, part of Marie Antoinette’s Hamlet on the grounds of Versailles. The Queen’s House has been closed to the public for the last 30 years. This reminded me of a couple of things:

1. The September 2006 issue of Vogue featuring Kirsten Dunst as Marie Antoinette is my favorite Vogue cover ever and I had to revisit the beautiful pictures, which were styled by Grace Coddington and shot by Annie Leibovitz.

Vogue, September 2006. My favorite cover ever!

2. I never read the book Queen of Fashion by Caroline Weber.

Queen of Fashion by Caroline Weber.

I remember when the book came out. It was in the fall of 2006, the same time as the movie Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola, which I saw and loved. I was pregnant with my second child at the time, my son had just started pre-k, and I was helping my husband recover from breaking his neck, which involved managing his ongoing doctor visits and administering daily intravenous infusions (and I am not a nurse). It was a tough time and I was definitely too busy and tired to read a scholarly tome on the political implications of Marie Antoinette’s fashion choices in 18th century France.

All this time later, however, and I cannot imagine anything more delightful. If you’ve read this book, let me know. I just started it and am already really enjoying it.

I still love this picture of Kirsten in a gown by Alexander McQueen at the Grand Trianon.

My husband and I got to visit Versailles in 1999. It was one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to, and very meaningful to me since I was such a Francophile in my late teens and early twenties. I hope to go back some day. When we reached the Grand Trianon we practically had the place to ourselves. Heaven! Too bad I didn’t have a ball gown stashed away in my bag when I posed for a picture.

Where’s a ball gown when you need one? At the Grand Trianon, 1999.

Have you read Queen of Fashion? Have you been to Versailles? Would you wear pale blue nail polish?

How I Wear My: Pink

Adrienne of The Rich Life (on a budget).

While pink seems a natural choice for February’s “How I Wear My” because of Valentine’s Day, Adrienne of The Rich Life (on a budget) and I never could have predicted the amount of pink we’d see, from the red carpet to magazine editorial spreads. Have you noticed that it’s everywhere right now? When the pictures started coming in it was interesting to note what shades of pink people gravitate towards, and hands down it is the hot and dark shades of pink that seem the most popular. Pink is a color everybody appears to have a little of in their closet, whether it’s a blouse, blazer, or bag, so enjoy this visual La Vie en Rose and let it inspire you to put on some pink today!

Adrienne, above, of The Rich Life (on a budget), my beautiful “How I Wear My” partner, is using pink accessories to take this utility jacket and pair of black pants up a notch. I love that she used the pink clutch (which she won through a giveaway hosted by Pam of Over 50 Feeling 40), pink pumps, and a big necklace to put a glamorous spin on this outfit.

Cynthia of My Rose Colored Shades.

Cynthia of My Rose Colored Shades (perfect name for this particular roundup, right?) is wearing a great black and white windowpane sweater, which pairs so well with her pink Coach clutch, as well as her scarf, which her 9-year-old daughter bought for her this past Christmas with money she saved up for presents. What a sweet girl and what a great scarf! Style definitely runs in this family, I can tell.

Sheree of It’s Not That Deep.

Sheree of It’s Not That Deep says she is not a huge fan of pink but wrote, “I loved the modern grid print on the Banana Republic peplum jacket, which is what sold me. Since pink is so fem I have to, of course, edge it up a bit with distressed denim.”

What a great jacket on Sheree and I hereby proclaim her the Queen of the White Pump because nobody wears them like she does!

Deja of Une femme d’un certain âge.

Deja of Une femme d’un certain âge is wearing pink in a way I love wearing too—just a touch of it to brighten an all-dark outfit. She wrote, “Shoes: I was inspired by Adrienne and started stalking a pair of pink suede pumps. I found these with a nice low heel from Diane von Furstenberg, and even though they may push the boundary of pink, they still bring the punch!”

My favorite kind of punch! And do not get me started on the very chic Saint Laurent bag because I tell you, I definitely want one after seeing Deja carry it.

Trina of Tea Time With Trina.

Trina of Tea Time With Trina is wearing a bubble-gum pink wrap dress. She wrote, “The simplicity makes it just a fun go-to casual dress.”

I love how she has styled it here with that great black bag, black leggings, and patent flats. I think this is so wonderful and balletic!

Ana of Mrs. American Made.

Ana of Mrs. American Made wrote, “I tend to favor a bright pink. I also tend to wear it up near my face.”

She has on a Weston Wear lace blouse, which I just love with this textured coat with leather lapels and inserts. I also like her T-strap shoes. What a stylish look for winter!

Cheryl of Northwest Mountain Living.

Cheryl of Northwest Mountain Living is wearing a pink coat by MetroStyle, so beloved to her that she tries to not wear it too often so it won’t fall apart. I know that feeling about special pieces in my wardrobe!

Oh and that snow you see in the picture? That is exactly what Brooklyn has looked like lately. Fugghedaboutit it, we got your Northwest Mountain Living right here in New York City! (Except for the perfect snow, ours quickly turns to a dirty slushy mess.)

Heather of Stylemindchic.

Heather of Stylemindchic said, “I must confess, I rarely wear pink. I do like the idea of mixing shades of pink/radiant orchid/coral and a touch of animal print. The mix of unusual tones has made this outfit a keeper in my closet.”

Grace Kelly would approve of this look. I do too. And doesn’t her bag look EXACTLY like a Kelly?

Josephine of Chic At Any Age.

Josephine of Chic At Any Age is wearing such a great shade of pink that really highlights her perfect skin and gorgeous silver hair!

Suzanne Carillo of Suzanne Carillo Style Files.

Suzanne of Suzanne Carillo Style Files has paired this sweater in a very pretty pale shade of pink with a dark red coat—and I love the unexpected combination. It seems perfect for Valentine’s Day, don’t you think?

Alice of Happiness at Mid-Life.

Alice of Happiness at Mid-Life is wearing another way I love to see pink worn—as a layering piece. I think this is a great flirty and fun combination of a mesh top, a pop of pink underneath, with pink pumps to cap off the outfit.

And it’s been so cold and snowy here in NYC, please don’t mind me if I weep a little over the sight of sunshine and palm trees.

Speaking of sunshine...

Veshoevius of The Taxonomy of My Wardrobe.

On a recent trip to Australia (lucky lady!), where it is summer, Veshoevius of The Taxonomy of My Wardrobe had a chance to wear this lovely shift dress. She wrote of it, “It’s by a London label called Preen and they do fabulous prints - this one combined pink peonies (one of my favorite flowers) with summery white stripes and splashes of neon yellow. A bit more of an adventurous take on a summer floral.”

Every time I see a Preen print I want to fill my closet with their clothes and this one is no exception. I love this very modern take on a floral print!

Alicia of Spashionista.

Alicia of Spashionista is mixing her pink with a print skirt in the color that I now think of as radiant orchid. So on trend and I like the unusual scarf as well, which she purchased from a vendor at a local Greek festival.

Happyface 313.

Happyface 313 wrote of her look, “I am wearing my traditional Austrian pink ‘Habsburg’ jacket with a matching Hermès cashmere-silk shawl with neutral black pants and T-shirt. My bag is a Louis Vuitton Haute Maroquinerie Lockit bag with a colorful LV bandeau. As a necklace I’m wearing a medium MaiTai MOP scarf ring on an Hermès silk ribbon.”

I really these darker shades of pink mixed with orange and purple, don’t you?

Holli of This Best Life.

Holli of This Best Life is wearing a hot pink Anne Klein blouse that she thrifted. I love it paired with that giant patterned scarf!

Pam of Over 50 Feeling 40.

Pam of Over 50 Feeling 40 says she doesn’t wear a lot of pink but when she does she likes this Chicos cardigan, with a gray Chicos Travelers tank, and “and a gorgeous scarf by over 50 designer Camilla Olson.”

This is one of my favorite shades of pink—that very dreamy blush pink.

Paula of Fashion Over Fifty.

Paula of Fashion Over 50 wrote, “I don’t have much pink, not that I dislike the color, I just don’t have much right now! This was a new purchase from Marshall’s—wool tweed skirt, $19.

Paula is always fearless when it comes to mixing bold colors and patterns and this look is no exception. I like that she has mixed the pink with pale gray, another of my favorite combinations. And $19 for a skirt? I need to go shopping with her!

Dawn Lucy of Fashion Should Be Fun.

Dawn Lucy of Fashion Should Be Fun has the kind of bright pink coat I wish I had in my closet. It always makes me smile to see a gal in a brightly colored coat in the dead of winter when I am so sick of black, black and more black, and this is exactly the kind of coat that would give me a lift.

Silk Path Diary.

Silk Path Diary is wearing an Hermès pink crocodile Collier de Chien cuff and a purple Chanel flap bag (love!) along with a lilac Jaeger sundress. She says, “I adore pink and find it adds a feminine and youthful touch to my outfits. It’s also a great color to go with my beloved neutrals of white, grey and navy.”

I’m with her, I like to add pink to neutral-colored outfits. Espsecially if that pink comes from Hermès!

The whole outfit.

Tamera of Tamera Beardsley.

Tamera of Tamera Beardsley said her outfit is “a white Tory Burch suit popped with one dramatic infusion of fuchsia by way of a sequined shell I layered over a tunic length white shirt.”

I am so into white this winter (and I never get tired of sequins), so I am especially loving Tamera’s look.

Standing at an old cigarette machine. It’s vintage Brooklyn, people!

Like so many of the ladies here, I tend to favor the hotter or more neon shades of pink, and pink mixed with black remains a combination I never get tired of. I’m wearing a J. Crew coat (very similar to the one I wore in last month’s “How I Wear My: Coat”) and white jeans from Old Navy. The scarf is also from Old Navy and is about nine years old. It’s embellished with sequins and beads and has a satin side. It is definitely one of my favorite winter accessories!

You know I never met a sequin I didn’t like.

In the lobby of my friend’s apartment building in Brooklyn is an old cigarette vending machine. My friend and I thought it would be funny for me to act like I was on the hunt for nicotine but of course, this was just to be silly and get fun pictures, smoking is so bad for you and I don’t smoke! And, you’ll be happy to know, the machine is empty and unused.

What’s smokin’ here is my New York tote by Sylvia Steininger.

It was so great to carry my Sylvia Steininer New York tote to give you an idea of its size. It really has some gorgeous shades of pink within the textile print. In case you missed it, you can read my full review of the bag here.

The New York tote easily fits over my J. Crew coat.

How are you wearing pink these days?

For March, that trickiest of weather months, we are going to stick with an item that all of us are sure to still be wearing whether March decides to be a lion or a lamb (or both): boots. So whether you like riding, over-the-knee, combat, ankle, or lace-up versions, join us for “How I Wear My: Boots.” Send a picture to us at [email protected] by March 3, 2014.

The pink party continues over at Adrienne’s. Check it out!

And thank you to all the fine foxes who participated this month!

All photos of me by Gwynne Keresty.