Not Your Grandma's Paisley

Vince Coat, Club Monaco dress, Tory Burch boots, Gucci bag, Ray-Ban sunglasses

Somehow in the last 30 years since the raging 70’s, paisley has gotten a bad rap. I mean, I can see why. It looks the way jazz sounds, a whole boring clusterf***k that you just don’t understand.  Well, I am giving paisley another chance, and I think that if it’s not printed on a polyester bell bottom jumpsuit, paisley can be quite nice.  Truthfully though, you should really cover it up with a jacket, and wear it as a short dress.  Basically, just limit the amount of paisley seen as much as possible and your paisley can be perfect!

Melinda Maria, Maison Martin Margiela, and Cartier rings

Tabitha Simmons For Toms

Tabitha Simmons for Toms at www.toms.com

I have yet to buy a pair of Toms even though I need a pair.  There's just so many colors and variations that I immediately get analysis paralysis.  I remember when they only had like three colors:  white, black and red.  Now there's Toms with laces, Toms with wedges, Toms with monograms, corduroy Toms, bootie Toms, tribal Toms...it's enough to drive a Tom mad.  That was before I discovered Tabitha Simmons Toms or what I like to call "fancy Toms" because they are so incredibly cute and fancy.  They look like silk neckties were wrapped all around them. The price is $124 which is about three times what you should be paying for for Toms, so Toms better be giving THREE kids a pair of shoes for the one pair I get of these! 

High Waisted Pants and Midriffs

Club Monaco bralette top and denim jacket, Zara pants and shoes, Chanel bag, Ray-Ban sunglasses

I have discovered that high-waisted pants go hand in hand with midriffs.  One cannot happen without the other.  For example, if you wear a crop top with normal pants and your belly button is showing, you're automatically a hoochie.  Or example two, if you wear high waisted pants with a regular shirt, you're automatically wearing mom-jeans.  Therefore, to find the perfect balance between a college age clubbing rager and a 57 year old, you have to both cover up your belly button AND show off your stomach.  I know, it's so weird.  Pants go high and shirts shrink down.  That is the only way, otherwise any degree either way and you're a hot mess.  Good news is that high waisted pants can hide any Spanx that you may be wearing.  Bad news is if you wear Spanx, all that excess fat gets squeezed right up to your midriff.  Can't win.

Hermes, David Yurman, Jules Smith bracelets, Michael Kors watch, Maison Martin Margiela rings

Fall In San Francisco

 Zara coat, Club Monaco tee, Gap jeans, Ray-Ban sunglasses, Via Spiga shoes

Everyone who lives in San Francisco knows that autumn in San Francisco feels pretty much the same as any other time of year in San Francisco: cold.  Except in September when we get a glorious 30 day Indian Summer, every other time of year it's pretty much sweater weather.  Sometimes you will be fooled and think that you don't need a sweater because it looks sunny outside, and then you don't bring one, and then 6:00 pm rolls around and the sun dips down and you're stuck thinking to yourself "oops I did it again" and walking down the street crouched over in absolute frozen pain while everyone you're with magically whipped out a sweater without you knowing it!  We've all been there.  It's the beauty of this city and it breaks your heart every time.

The weather definitely wears you down sometimes you and you just want to go out in your SF "warm uniform" of Uggs and your Northface jacket.  So, the key is to stock up on A LOT of coats.  Comfy coats, casual coats, big coats, fashionable coats, novelty coats...all coats are welcome.  And remember to go against your better judgment and never leave home without one.  

 Yes, I even wore my coat as a cape like an asshole.

 Hermes, David Yurman, Stella and Dot bracelets, Maison Martin Margiela rings, Michele watch, Chanel bag