For years, my business casual, dinner out with the family, weekend run to the mall, and coffee with friends uniform involved jeans. Bootcut jeans with Chelsea boots, skinny jeans with knee-high boots, boyfriend jeans with sneakers, ankle-length straight jeans with loafers… you get the idea. I think it’s a uniform many of us have in… Continue Reading Elevating the Comfy Pant
Yesterday was my 45th birthday. I don’t like making a big deal about my birthdays. I’ve never been one to believe in a “birthday month” or even “birthday week.” I have my birthday hidden on Facebook so I don’t end up having the girl I met from summer camp in 7th grade and my old… Continue Reading This is 45
I regularly receive emails asking how to style a brown leather jacket. With black being a prominent color in fashion the past decade it can seem confusing how to style brown leather. In fact, I recently received this email from a reader asking how to style her brown leather jacket: I have a lovely brown… Continue Reading How to Style a Brown Leather Jacket
I’m writing this Thursday night from a hotel room in San Diego, California. I am here for cabi’s twice-yearly conference, The Scoop. This is my fourth time attending a Scoop, but this time is different as I am one of the faces of cabi this season! Outside the San Diego conference center is a street… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #89
I love to travel, and I am the one who books our family’s travel. When I travel for work, I prefer a stipend over travel being booked for me so I can get what I want at the price I know I can find. I love staying in a good hotel; it’s a treat to… Continue Reading Renting an Airbnb at Lake Anna, Virginia
When I was planning our New Year’s Eve getaway to Lake Anna, I knew the dress code would be loungewear. We planned on making all meals at the house, spending a lot of time reading, playing board games, napping, cooking, and snuggling as families on the couches watching movies and watching the ball drop at… Continue Reading Soma Loungewear for a Cozy New Year
A reader recently reached out asking about finding suiting in size 18/20. She has an event coming up where she would like to wear a black suit but hasn’t found one that she likes that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. Her email (personal details removed): “Hi Alison! I love your site. Thank you… Continue Reading Where to Find Suiting in Size 18/20
This coming week will be a bit lighter than usual with content. I’m leaving on a jet plane bright and early Monday morning for California and won’t be back until… I don’t know whether to call is Saturday night or Sunday morning. It’s early AF or late AF depending on how you look at it.… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #88
New year, new trends! While I am not one to jump on every trend’s bandwagon, I like to be aware so I can add ones that appeal to me or play with my existing wardrobe to have it feel fresh and modern. Color is one of my favorite trends to follow as it will determine… Continue Reading How to Wear Pantone’s Color of the Year