History has it that the Kelly bag was introduced by Hermès in the 1930s but popularized by Grace Kelly when she was photographed in 1956 by Life Magazine using the purse to cover her pregnant stomach. One of my favorite ways to make the Kelly look more modern and sassier than its 80-something years is to use the wide canvas …
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ODJ Kelly/Look 2
Look 1 was a more prim and proper look with the Kelly, but the bag is so much more versatile than that, especially in the souple version. So I thought I’d do a 180 and go super casual with it in Look 2. There’s nothing I like more than mixing high with low! ODJ Kelly/Look 2: White Theory slim pants, …
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ODJ Kelly/Look 1
Some of my dear readers have recently pointed out an oversight on my part… an adoption of a certain H bag that I failed to report. So as we head into my least favorite month of the year–maybe because it’s usually the warmest–I’ve decided to make it more fun by designating it fashion month here, also as a way to …
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Barcelona, Day 4
As much as I can love a city, sometimes I just have to get out of Dodge while the getting is hot. So while today’s post refers to Barcelona Day 4, I’m actually putting you on a train and we’re climbing the heights to Montserrat (which means serrated mountain). The last time I was in this part of Spain, I …
Barcelona, Day 3
The last time I was in Barcelona there was scaffolding everywhere inside as well as outside the Sagrada FamÃlia, which is par for the course since the construction of this church gives new meaning to the phrase work in progress. The basilica broke ground in 1882, about a year before Gaudà took over and breathed life into this Gothic/Art Nouveau/extraterrestrial …