• Color

    Styling Black for Summer

    4 Tips to Lighten It Up! Happy day, Reader Dear! Much better. I fixed the typo. Sometimes the fingers get ahead of the brain. The first time I typed eader Drear, which I am hoping most fervently that you are…

  • Style and Styling

    Copycat Style: June 2022

    Goes Costal Grandma White Jeans + Chambray Top + Straw Hat Hello, Dear Reader! Yes, your Copycat Style post is late this month. It’s been one of those dog chasing tail kind of months. Lots of action and growling, but…

  • Style and Styling

    Coastal Grandma Style Primer

    Pick and Play! Hello, Reader Dear! I hope you are having a wonderful day. I’m typing after booster number two and don’t know how long I’ll be hanging in here. The last one did me a doozy. I’m hoping for…

  • Capsule Wardrobing

    Closet Play is 5!

    Happy Blogiversary! Happy day, Reader Dearest! Thank you. Really and truly. If it were not for you, this post wouldn’t be here. You are the reason I keep showing up twice a week. Which means I am thankful for you!…

  • Color

    Summer Color Picks

    2022 Edition Happy day, Dear Reader! What colors say summer to you? Colors with a warm overtone? (The difference between overtone and undertone.) Brights? Pastels? White? Some combination of all of the above? I expect most people would lay claim…

  • Color

    5 Tips for Wearing White

    All the Year Long! Happy day, Reader Dearest! Memorial Day weekend is come and gone. For those of you who don’t live in the US, the long Memorial Day Weekend is the unoffical start of summer. Pools open. Schools are…

  • Capsule Wardrobing

    Summer Capsule Inspo: 2022

    And Spring Capsule Debrief Happy day, Reader Dear! Summer is almost here! At least my summer capsule should be! I have been bumbling about the last few weeks of May, trying to figure out what I wanted this summer’s capsule…

  • Style and Styling

    Style Feeling Stale?

    Let’s Freshen Up Your Style! Happy day, Dear Reader! I hope yours is swimming along smoothly… Get it? Swimming? For those of you not in the US, this is Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial beginning of summer. Thoughts are turning…