3×1 The Principle high-rise cropped jeans (made in the US) | size down one size
James Perse brushed jersey turtleneck (made in the US)
Inhabit wool cardigan (made in China) | a few years old
Robert Clergerie Nalo wedges (made in France)
Variation on a theme…What I wore yesterday. Same formula as the day before: jeans + long sleeve top + cozy cardigan.
This Inhabit cardigan is several years old, and it shows. I do still love it, and look forward to wearing it whenever it cools off, but its best years are definitely behind it. I go back and forth between getting rid of it and not; for now, it’s staying, but it needs serious de-pilling.
Speaking of that, I received a sweater stone with my Elizabeth Suzann wool harper sweater and I used it quickly on the Emerson Fry sweater I sold recently, and found it sort of weird. It works, but seems to roughen up the wool more than it should? I prefer my Lily Brush for all kinds of sweater care, it seems less harsh. Do you use a sweater stone? or a comb? How do you find your sweaters hold up over time with their use?
(Dagny peeks in…)
Yesterday I had a rare shopping day (I don’t do a lot of offline shopping!) with a friend. Our mission was to check out the new downtown outpost of 4510, an amazing, super high-end department store we enjoy browsing but not buying, and then go to Tenoversix to check out the sale since I still had store credit after returning my Robert Clergerie bag with the hardware problem.
At Tenoversix I ended up with the Robert Clergerie Alice slide (in the same color as the bag I returned – SO BEAUTIFUL), which were on sale, and two candles by Boy Smells, the petal and gardener scents, and they are AMAZING. I DO NOT spend money on candles, typically I burn the Mrs. Meyer’s kitchen candles (geranium scent) I pick up at Target, but I’m always drawn in by expensive, beautiful candles. Maybe I’m convinced to splurge every once in awhile?
Speaking of splurging, 4510 has a serious fragrance section – it’s almost half an entire floor – and we spent some serious time there. They have a nice selection of Le Labo, which is interesting, because we now have a Le Labo store, just a few doors down from 4510. Of course, I love the Santal 33, but I sprayed the Rose 31 on my wrist to try it out. At first, I did NOT like how it smelled on, but over the next few hours, I could NOT STOP smelling myself. And it’s still there. It’s such a beautiful, subtle, but THERE rose/floral smell. I may have to get this one. Eventually.
Happy Wednesday!! Don’t forget about your Wardrobe Audit if you haven’t submitted it yet. I’m extending through this weekend, and will close it on 12/12, so please be sure to get your answers in by then.
I love this. I struggle with cardigans with my curves…Any style suggestions?
sure! but first, what do you like? what do you not like? what’s your challenge exactly??
I love this look on YOU. In my experience cardigans tend to make me look like, well, boob city! Neckline is really critical and of course fit. I still wear a couple of them but in general I shy away from them because of the bust issue…
I don’t like sweater stones. I think they are hard on the nap and are dirty (crumbly dusty). I much prefer sweater combs and boar-bristle brushes. The Lilly brush is good for quick touchups but it’s small. For serious maintenance you need something like a Kent brush.
Pills don’t mean a sweater is past its prime. You just need to remove them, or have it done at the dry cleaner. Then it’s good as new!
thanks joanna – do you mean something like this? https://www.amazon.com/Kent-Hand-crafted-Mahogany-Clothes-Brush/dp/B00H9SJXY0/ref=sr_1_1_s_it?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1481151231&sr=1-1&keywords=kent+brush ? which one specifically would you recommend? i would definitely invest in something that would make the de-pilling work a little easier…
If you like Rose 31, then I highly recommend staying at a Fairmont, where it’s the house scent. And if you spring you spring for a suite, usually it’s 3 oz. bottles of everything, and considering the regular size is 8 oz. for $50, the hotel stay practically pays for itself, especially if one makes friends with housekeeping!
Santal 33, on the other hand, makes me smell like I had a run-in with the Vlasic Pickle stork. But not at first. No, at first it’s lovely. But a few hours later, I’m left scratching my head wondering what the dill/salad/pickle smell is, and then I realize, with increasing woe, the smell is me. Which is a long-winded way of warning people to let Le Labo fragrances develop on your skin for a few hours before buying (or dousing yourself), as they change more than most.
De-pilling is a pain, no question. I use a battery-operated sweater shaver on wool blends, but pure wool/cashmere/alpaca just needs a good brushing. I use the same Kent brush you linked to. I also sometimes use a sweater comb. I think I have this one: https://www.amazon.com/Dritz-619-Sweater-Comb/dp/B00281Q6C0/ref=sr_1_1 which seems fine but I see the laundress makes one also!0-90
that is EXACTLY what my friend said to me yesterday when we were out – i sprayed the rose 31 on myself and smelled my wrist and was totally taken aback…like it was such a weird smell. and she told me it takes a while for it to develop. she’s a fragrance geek, totally unlike me, and knows about all of them (she used to work for barney’s), so i always defer to her, and to you guys – i love the comments 🙂
we stay at the intercontinental nob hill in SF when we go, and i think the fairmont is very close – i remember walking by it. i’m going to convince my husband to stay there next time. if only for the le labo haha! there’s also a fairmont here in dallas. staycation perhaps??
I have that sweater comb. It is my BFF!
I’ve had a battery operated shaver, but I put a hole in one of my cashmere sweaters with it!!! YIKES! So now I have a sweater comb, but it’s tedious. I guess there’s nothing to make the job easy!
OMG!!! I’m laughing so hard. I hugged my husband last night and said, “You smell like dill pickles!” I don’t think he took it as a compliment. 😉
Grechen, I think Joanna aka: Alexa is correct. Pills happen even on the best of sweaters, I find. It’s just part of the “maintenance.”
Love the slides! They are GORGEOUS! I’m salivating over tenoversix’s website. I haven’t checked it out for awhile. And actually, I think the price on those candles isn’t bad. Who else is now freaked out over giving a candle as a gift since SNL’s last episode??? 🙂 https://youtu.be/_L5Xkb78KxY
Haha!!! I’m dying over that video. “Don’t overthink the candle”. Lol.