The Perfect Green Puff Sleeve Dress For A Summer Wedding
I built the case for this dress the way I’d build a case for anything, cost per wear against the number of summer weddings actually on the calendar, which this…
The Perfect Gold Wrap Dress For A Garden Party
I said gold wrap dresses were a garden party cliché for two full summers before I bought one, and I was wrong, quietly wrong, the kind of wrong where you…
The Perfect Green Midi Dress For A Summer Wedding
I have a green midi dress from a wedding in 2011 that I still keep because it taught me something, and what it taught me is that a dress can…
The Best Gold Puff Sleeve Dresses For A Garden Party
I refreshed a resale search for a gold puff sleeve dress at 7am on a Tuesday because a friend once told me that’s when people list stuff after cleaning out…
The Best Gold Knitted Dresses For A Garden Party
There was a proper argument, back in June, about whether a gold knitted dress belongs at an actual garden party or whether it’s a “wedding guest dress having an identity…
The Best Gold Maxi Dresses For A Garden Party
“Smart but sunny” is a dress code invented by someone who has never had to get dressed for an actual event, and I said so at a planning meeting for…
Hand Picked, The Gold Bridesmaid Dresses Worth Shopping
Two years ago I’d have told you gold bridesmaid dresses were a metallic cry for help, the kind of thing a bride picks when she’s decided her whole wedding needs…
Hand Picked, The Gold Clutch Bags Worth Shopping
I have owned a gold clutch since roughly 1994, and I want to say up front that this is a category I trust the way I trust a car I’ve…
The Perfect Burgundy Velvet Dress For A Garden Party
There’s a running joke in my house at this point, which is that every summer I announce I’m “not doing velvet in July” and then I do velvet in July,…
Claire’s Pick of the Best Black Bridesmaid Dresses
Every black bridesmaid dress I’ve ever put a client in has one thing in common: nobody admits they picked it because it’s the safe choice until about three drinks into…