Remember last week when I told you a dress has to fit three body parts at once with one size number? Well, today's topic only has to fit ONE. Your waist. That's it. We're closing out the series today: tops, pants, dresses... and now, the easiest one of all: skirts. But first, a quick correction from last week ππ»βοΈ Jenilee, a former wardrobe stylist in this community (she's styled 9,000 people, how cool is that?!), replied to the dresses email with a great catch for my pears: sleeveless...
8 days agoΒ β’Β 5 min read
First things first: I'm sorry for showing up in your inbox with fall content in the middle of July π
If you're in full sandals and pool float mode, please stay there. Save this email and enjoy your summer. But if you're traveling this fall, we need to start now, not in September. Fall pieces need time: ordering, trying on, returning, reordering, breaking in. September shoppers get whatever's left in their size. July shoppers get the best options. So. The poll results are in, and your top 3...
12 days agoΒ β’Β 5 min read
Can we talk about dresses for a second? I LOVE dresses. One piece, zero "does this top even go with these pants" math, and you're dressed. That's the whole appeal. A dress is the closest thing to an outfit that gets dressed FOR you. (pun intended π
) But here's what makes a dress its own puzzle: it has to fit your bust, your waist, AND your hips, all off one number on the tag. So when a dress fits your hips but drowns you up top, that's not you failing at dresses. That's one piece of fabric...
15 days agoΒ β’Β 5 min read
Last Thursday we did tops. Today we're doing pants. And next week, dresses. (I'm working my way through your closet one category at a time π) Here's why pants get their own email. Pants are the foundation. Everything else is built on top of them. If you've been with me for a while, you know I always start with the bottoms. Your pants decide what tops can go with them. They decide what shoes make sense. Pants connect everything. π Get the pants right and the rest of the outfit almost builds...
22 days agoΒ β’Β 5 min read
Ok, so you know I'm a tucker. Full tuck, French tuck, high waisted everything. If there's a waistband, I'm tucking into it. It's just what I like and makes me feel good. But so many of you? Total no tuckers. You don't tuck, you don't want to, and you're tired of advice that assumes you do. And when I look at why, it makes complete sense. Here's what you tell me over and over: (you're NOT alone!) β You don't want to fuss with it. Pull it on, walk out the door, done. No re-tucking every time...
29 days agoΒ β’Β 6 min read
This is not my usual email, and I almost didn't know how to write it. But I have to. For those of you who don't know, I'm Venezuelan. Venezuela is where I was born and raised until the age of 27. Exactly one week ago, two massive earthquakes hit back to back, a 7.2 and then a 7.5 less than a minute later. Buildings in Caracas and along the coast in La Guaira came down with families still inside them. Thousands of people are dead, thousands more are injured, and tens of thousands are still...
about 1 month agoΒ β’Β 4 min read
A few days ago, a woman commented on one of my Facebook posts and said her entire suitcase was dresses. That's it. No pants, no tops, no bottoms. Just dresses. And I have to be honest with you... I kind of want to try it someday π
If you've been here for a while, you know that I think matching sets are more versatile than dresses. Two pieces, mix and match with everything else in your suitcase, multiple outfits, done. But I also genuinely love a good dress, and I usually travel with one or...
about 2 months agoΒ β’Β 5 min read
Most shoe mistakes are quiet. Mine, unfortunately, was not. Somewhere around month two of wearing my Quince platform sandals every week, they made a noise. The noise. The one kids make with their hand and their armpit. Pfffft. On a quiet San Miguel street. In public. While I kept a straight face like it wasn't me. While everyone thought I was going on a "fart walk" π€£ It doesn't happen all the time which is weird. But me and my husband both laugh every single time. look at me playing it cool π...
2 months agoΒ β’Β 5 min read
Okay, I keep noticing something funny lately: the exact principles successful people use to build great businesses are the same ones that build a great closet. Same logic, completely different setting. Fun fact about me: I'm a little obsessed with business. It's what I read and listen to for fun. It's the thing I geek out about, and apparently I can't turn it off even when I'm just trying to get dressed π
Alex and Leila Hormozi (if you don't know them, just trust me, they're brilliant at this...
2 months agoΒ β’Β 9 min read