Back in Town

The summer is over, and with it, the City life has begun. This was my New York City outfit yesterday: an old linen shirt (Jones New York), a black jersey skirt (Vince Camuto), gladiator sandals (JustFab) and burgundy bag (Gucci). As you can see, my photographer (i.e. my daughter) has decided that posing is boring, and the pictures need to have some natural movement in them. Find the one posing picture below...

How's my hair? 

Ok, I'm ready

Wait, I need something from the car...

Oh, the bread is showing from my bag..should I hide it? 

Let me just fix my glasses as they are falling down my nose..

Contrast

Today was a black and white kind of day. My daughter going to a friend's birthday dinner wearing a black and white dress from Urban Outfitters, Michael Kors bag and metallic platforms from Nordstrom; and me going to drop her and then to the mall wearing a Banana Republic top, Ann Taylor pants, Prada bag, and Tahari sandals. 

 

Black and White

Ive been wearing dark colors all winter, but now that the spring is finally showing some promise I'm craving lighter colors. This was my outfit to a birthday party on Saturday.

The sweater is from Anthropologie, shirt from H&M, leather skinnies from BR

I was also wearing my favorite jewelry:
The Elsa Peretti Bottle necklace, which my 4-year old loves to pretend to drink from,
Michael Kors watch, and BR ball ring

Black and White

Life has gone from 0 to 100 in a few days.

Quoting Milan Kundera: "There would seem to be nothing more obvious, more tangible and palpable than the present moment. And yet it eludes us completely." 

I need to remind myself to breathe and pause, pay attention to the important things, like the present moment. 

Here is an office outfit from the late August, when life was still on the slow lane. Now it's back to jackets and stockings.. 

White linen shirt (the brand escapes me now), black and white cotton skirt from New York and Company,
Tod's bag,  Ellen Tracy pumps

These Ellen Tracy pumps are my new favorites for the office

Day and Night

Here's an outfit from last weekend. The same outfit for day and night, only a quick change of shoes and bag to give it a bit of a different flavor. Lazy as I am (and insanely busy most of the time) I do this quite often unless the evening requires something more formal, which is very unusual at this life stage...

I am wearing an H&M sweater, Not Your Daughters Jeans, Gina Tricot vest, and Forever 21 necklace. Daytime I wore these with my moto boots and Prada bag, and night time with nude pumps and Tory Burch clutch. Do you do a complete switch before going out at night? Or are you lazy like me?

Debut

My beautiful au pair is a very stylish young lady. Her style is a mix of latest trends, preppy and classic, mixed up in a cool and personal way. At Saturday's party she wore black and white with a statement necklace. Isn't she gorgeous?