Accessories
Accessories
Best Designer Bags
The best designer bags balance a recognisable shape, durable materials and restraint that lasts beyond the novelty. I look at what each bag carries, how it sits, and whether its construction suits the way I dress.
Rings, Necklaces, and Statement Jewelry
Everything worth knowing about rings, necklaces, and statement jewelry is below, starting with the part that changes what you buy. Solid gold costs more and lasts longer.
Fine Jewellery 2 Wear Every Day
Durability, catch design and the pieces that survive a real routine.
Womens Baseball Cap Outfit: What to Know
Everything worth knowing about Womens Baseball Cap Outfit is below, starting with the part that changes what you buy. Hat sizing is a circumference in centimetres.
Nickel in Jewelry and Why Your Ears React
Nickel is the most common cause of a reaction to jewellery, and it hides in places people do not expect. How to find it and what to buy instead.
Tote Bags That Fit a Laptop
Tote bags with room for a laptop that still look like a considered choice rather than a work bag.
The Boots Edit
An edit of boots organized by material and then by style, from RAYE's varied shapes to leather, suede, shearling and faux fur, then knee-high, ankle, western, slouch, over-the-knee and lug-sole pairs. I start with the sole and shaft, then choose the pair that fits the way I dress.
Engagement Rings by Vibe: Old Money, Vintage Romantic and Modern
More than a hundred engagement rings sorted by the feeling they give off: old money ovals and emerald cuts, vintage rose cuts and old mine stones, and modern bezels and east west settings. The plain solitaire is still here too, for any finger.
Shoes Under $500
Shoes in this price range are where I expect the best decisions, because a useful pair should not require a special occasion to justify itself. I start with the job: a flat for distance, a pump for a sharper line, a platform when I want height without a pin, and leather when I wa
How to Style Mini Designer Bags
The short answer on Mini Designer Bags: pick one anchor piece, keep the palette to two colours, and let the shoes decide how formal the whole thing reads. Repeat one element, a metal, a texture or a colour, and an outfit looks deliberate.
Business Casual Summer Women: What to Wear
The short answer on Business Casual Summer Women: pick one anchor piece, keep the palette to two colours, and let the shoes decide how formal the whole thing reads. Office dressing is mostly about fabric quality, because the silhouettes are conservative by definition.
Physician Endorsed Hats: A Styling Guide
Styling Physician Endorsed Hats is mostly a question of proportion, and the rest follows from there. One piece should lead and the rest should stay quiet; two competing pieces read as an accident.
Leather Shoulder Bags
The leather shoulder bags worth buying, from Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta to Loewe, Toteme and Khaite. Forty bags with what to check before you spend.
The Best Charm Bracelets
Collectible, personal and endlessly layerable
The Office Tote Edit
The Bag That Holds A Laptop
Curb, Figaro or Herringbone: Which Chain to Buy
Curb, Figaro, herringbone, rope, box and cable all behave differently on a neck. Which chain to buy depends on what you intend to do with it.
Shoulder Bags Under $300
Shoulder bags under three hundred dollars are where I look when I want a bag that participates in the outfit but still does the carrying. A shoulder strap changes the proportions of a coat, a dress, or a plain shirt, and the right bag should sit close enough to be useful without
Bags And Luggage: Worth The Money?
The short answer on Prada Saffiano Bag is below, and the honest version is that it depends on two or three things rather than one. Cost per wear is the only figure that matters, and it favours the plain expensive thing over the interesting cheap one.
The Eternity Band Outside a Wedding
An eternity band is a wedding shape by convention only. As a standalone ring it does something no other band does, with one real drawback.
Best Stiletto Pumps
Stiletto pumps are the most formal version of a shoe that still belongs in an ordinary wardrobe. The right pair gives trousers a clean finish, makes a simple dress feel deliberate, and can turn a plain evening into an occasion without requiring much else. I separate pumps by clos
Statement Accessories: Scarves, Belts, and Jewelry
Styling Alexander McQueen Skull Tie is mostly a question of proportion, and the rest follows from there. Proportion does more than colour: volume on top wants something narrow below, and the reverse.
Let's just Hold a Phone + a Lipstick
Evening bags that fit a phone and a lipstick, across clutches, minaudières and tiny shoulder bags.
Small Bags that Carry Almost Nothing
Yet we still want em...
Buying Vintage Jewelry Online Without Getting Burned
Buying vintage jewellery online is mostly a question of what the listing does not say. The checks that catch a bad piece before the money leaves.