Year: 2012

  • Tuesday’s TPS Report: Elva Skirt

    Our daily TPS reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices. Oooh: great skirt from Elie Tahari. While I suppose it is on trend with colorblocking, I like the softer, more artistic (Rothko?) approach to the color blocks. I also think the vertical nature of the pattern would be really flattering….

  • house ad reads THE BEST SUITS IN 2025 FOR EVERY BUDGET, click here for the roundup, and features a collage of 5 women wearing stylish suits
  • Coffee Break – Multi Stripe Mixed Media Tote

    I have a million totes like this because they’re so functional — they’re especially perfect for carrying reading materials and work papers on to an airplane. (I always keep the whole “reading bag” packed in my rolling bag until I get through security, and then pull it out before I board.)  I like this fun…

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    The Stress of Stress Dreams

    I’m in college again. Months ago, I signed up for a class — maybe a complicated math class, but more likely a class with lots, and lots of reading, such as a study of Shakespeare’s entire works, or perhaps it’s Dostoyevsky. And here’s the thing: I meant to drop the class. I realized early on…

  • Weekend Open Thread

    Something on your mind? Chat about it here. Ladies, we are living in an era of some seriously wackadoo blazers. The cuts and colors I’m seeing right now (to say nothing of the prices) are kind of shocking. I love blazers, but it’s hard to get behind the truly strange ones, except for the weekend….