Leather Is Always Better

Zara faux leather top and neoprene skirt, Prabal Gurung x Target shoes, Ray-Ban sunglasses

This blue skirt was so cool that I wore it twice this week to make two awesomely different outfits. The first outfit is very "farmer's market, going to get some flowers wrapped in brown paper and take some photos of macarons" type of ensemble. It's fresh, it's cute; I'm even wearing a shirt that says "Mondaze" on a Monday. How adorable. Here, I'm a badass in a (faux) leather top.  Guess which is better.     

Hermes, House of Harlow, and Anarchy Street bracelets, Cartier and Anarchy Street rings

Neoprene? Neoprene.

Club Monaco tshirt, Zara skirt, Via Spiga shoes, Selima sunglasses, Gucci bag

I absolutely love my new Zara skirt and for $15.99, I can't go wrong. Or can I? I knew when I put this skirt on that it was made of neoprene, which is comfortable enough. However, what I did not know was that neoprene is a material that's used for wetsuits for it's INSULATION qualities. Meaning: it's made to seal in heat! Every ounce of heat and bead of sweat is sealed in like a little greenhouse effect. And in 72 degree SF weather, there was definitely some heat in all the places that neoprene was covering. Luckily, like wet suits, it absorbs well too.

Cartier, Maria Melinda, Anarchy Street rings, Michael Kors watch, Hermes and Anarchy Street bracelets

Be Snoody

Thanks to global warming, I may never get to wear one of the greatest fashion inventions of all time: the snood.  It's basically just a tubular neckband that takes away all the torturousness of wrapping a scarf.  As you know, scarf wrapping is an art form; a terrible, torturous, neck burning and annoying art form.  One where you're wrapping and wrapping trying to make the perfect knot, or get the perfect puffiness, or the achieve the perfect amount of warmth.  Whatever it is that you're trying to do, it can and will result in a hot mess of tying and tucking--lots of tucking.  And if it started out cute, it's going to look flat like a dead fish by the end of the day; and then you're back to re-wrapping and tucking.  

Enter the snood: a tube that goes over your head and always has the perfect wrap.  There's no ends to tuck and no knots to deal with.  It's literally a giant neck sock.  You're welcome.

Not For Singles

Club Monaco shirt and skirt, Tibi booties, Chanel bag, Ray-Ban sunglasses, Giambattista Valli necklace

There are certain clothes that I know are made to punish single people.  I know it, because there is no way a single person can put these clothes on alone.  It's impossible!  For example, this cute shirt looks like a regular shirt, however, it's IMPOSSIBLE to get on by yourself.  For one thing, there's an invisible zipper that starts zipping up from the middle of my back.  I mean, what kind of Cirque Du Soleil do I need to do to get my arm to reach to the middle of my back and then zip?!  As if that's not enough, just in case you happen to get through the zipper portion of this shirt alive, there's the teeniest tiniest worthless hook and eye closure at the top of the zipper!  How the heck am I supposed to fasten that?!  Oh, that's right I'm not supposed to do that.  I'm supposed to get someone who loves me to do that for me.  And if I don't have anyone who loves me, then I don't deserve to wear these clothes.  This shirt can be so judgmental sometimes. 

David Yurman and my own rings, Chanel bag