• Color

    Burgundy: A Colored Neutral

    Colored Neutrals: Installment Three Happy day, reader dearest! I LOVE wine! No, not that kind of wine. I mean the color wine! Oh, who am I kidding? I like that wine, too. Although it doesn’t like me the way it…

  • Color

    Olive, Moss & Forest: Colored Neutrals

    Colored Neutrals: Installment Two Happy day, Reader dear! Back in 2020 I fell head over heels with green. I wish I could explain why. Green has never been high on my chart, except that if you asked me my favorite…

  • Color

    Teal: A Colored Neutral

    Colored Neutrals: Installment One Happy day, Reader dearest! If you are new here, Welcome! I’m Liz, a recovering Blackaholic and lover of color. This is where you say, Hi, Liz! (No, I’m not making fun of recovery or those in…

  • Color

    Pantone Colors F/W 2020/21

    And a Surprise… Happy day, reader dear! I hope this finds you safe and sound! And that you are enjoying the tail end of the season. Are you preparing for the next? Heading into the shoulder seasons of fall and…

  • Style and Styling

    Keeping Cool in Style

    Happy day, reader dear! We are there. We’re well into the dog days of summer you hear about… (Which has to do with the appearance of the Dog Star in the night sky. NOT with the fact that it’s so…

  • Capsule Wardrobing

    Fall Capsule 2019: The Edit

    Happy day, reader dear! Now that September is finally here, I am switching into fall mode. (Just in time for our temps to leap back up to near 100! Of course.) Over the weekend, I spent some time transitioning my…

  • Capsule Wardrobing

    Summer Capsule 2019: The Edit

    Happy day, reader dear! We’ve made it to June, and I am switching into summer mode. Over the weekend I transitioned my wardrobe from spring to summer, and am finishing up the laundry from spring’s items to store away. It…

  • Color

    Overtone vs. Undertone

    Happy day, dear reader! Hope your week has been full of only the pleasant kind of surprises! Today I want to talk about a color quality that people often confuse, undertone and overtone. Specifically as it pertains to choosing colors,…