I love that the nautical influence has been huge this summer. Here are some of my favorites. Anthropologie has definitely had some good ones, but so has the Gap. For those who think that stripes are only for the long and curveless, give it a go. Just don’t stop at the first one; keep trying […]

As a huge fan of J.Crew, I was surprised to see that Ann Taylor LOFT is giving them some competition in the upscale-yet-still-casual-chic department. At prices considerably cheaper than JC, they also feature phenomenal sales.  I wander into Loft every now and then and I like a lot of the things I see, but I […]

I’ve been a longtime Vogue subscriber. I enjoy it for a few reasons: their interesting points-of-view on fashion, lack of lifestyle articles telling me what I should or should not be doing to my man to (blush) please him, and the occasional mix of home items thrown in for good measure. A lot of people […]

I loved Barbie dolls (and played with them still) until I was eleven. Admittedly, I was late to the game, preferring stuffed animals to dolls when suddenly it was like the light turned on and then I was obsessing over tiny doll clothes and those funky 80s plastic high heels that every Barbie came with. […]