Think about the last 12 months. How many pieces in your closet showed up in January AND July? For most pieces, the honest answer is: they didn’t. They work one season, maybe two, then they hibernate. Which means you paid full price for a part time wardrobe. I think about this every time I pack. I fit multiple climates into one 20 inch carry-on, and the pieces that always make the cut are the ones that never take a season off. Those are the pieces worth your money. One catch though: “all year”...
7 days ago • 5 min read
The most important outfit of your trip is the one you wear to actually GET there. Think about it... it's the longest you'll wear any outfit all trip. The 4am alarm. The freezing airport. The overheated train. The airplane that's somehow stuffy AND arctic at the same time. And in shoulder season, there's an extra twist: you're usually leaving one season and landing in a different one. So many of you told me exactly this. Leaving warm, landing cold. Leaving cold, landing warm. Long train days...
11 days ago • 5 min read
For a while, I blamed the dryer. Then the dryer kept "shrinking" only my favorite things, and I had to have an honest conversation with myself 😅 I just turned 39, and my body got the memo. I’m about 15 pounds heavier than I was 5 years ago, and a few of my clothes are still in denial about it. Now, I know my version of this is not your version. But that moment when something that used to fit suddenly doesn’t go past your hips? That feeling doesn’t care what size you are. Nobody teaches us...
14 days ago • 6 min read
Let’s talk about the problem that got the bronze medal in the poll but wins the gold for suitcase space: SHOES. “They take up my whole bag.” That’s how you voted, and I felt that in my soul, because I just spent WEEKS on my own fall shoe decisions. (I wrote about your #1 problem here, and #2 problem here ICYMI) Here’s what happened: I pack bottoms first, always. So my fall bottoms were chosen. And then I could not find ONE pair of shoes that worked with ALL of them. Not one. And I had an...
18 days ago • 6 min read
Quick question: does "vacation you" dress like "home you"? Because for most women, the answer is no. At home it’s leggings and comfy tops on repeat. Then a trip shows up on the calendar and suddenly we’re packing a completely different woman’s wardrobe. And that gap, right there, is where most packing mistakes are born. I know because I’ve made this mistake from BOTH directions. When I first started traveling full time, I wasn’t packing for me. I was packing for every possible version of...
21 days ago • 5 min read
Last Sunday we solved dressing for three seasons in one day. (here's that email ICYMI) Today: the question so many of you sent me. Your ONE trip covers completely different climates, and you want to do one carry-on. Cool cities plus a warm coast. Cold in the mountains, warm on the islands. A cruise that boards in one season and docks in another. Different versions of the same worry: "do I need to pack two wardrobes?" No. And I want to show you why, because once you see how a suitcase splits...
25 days ago • 7 min read
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 🙋🏻♀️ 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...
28 days ago • 5 min read
First things first: I'm sorry for showing up in your inbox with fall content in the middle of July 😅 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...
about 1 month ago • 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 😅) 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...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read