wardrobe

  • growing a minimalist wardrobe: bags.

    Full disclosure: I’m not what you—or a fashion magazine—might call a “bag girl.” Give me some waxed canvas in the shape of a tote, add an interior pocket or two and a sturdy handle and…

    December 18, 2014 40 Comments
  • growing a minimalist wardrobe: loungewear.

    Loungewear. There’s a word I say absolutely never. You know what I do say? Cozy clothes. I have a cozy clothes drawer. It lives in James’s dresser. That makes it sound like I’m impinging…

    November 12, 2014 24 Comments
  • growing a minimalist wardrobe: jewelry.

    Giving people advice on their jewelry makes me feel like a little bit of a kill-joy. So, I’m not going to tell you what you should all adorn yourselves with. If turquoise and silver…

    November 6, 2014 32 Comments
  • growing a minimalist wardrobe: shoes.

    I probably own too many pairs of shoes. And if not too many, at least more than the minimum that I need. But every minimalist has her Achilles’ heel, right? She might as well have…

    October 23, 2014 37 Comments
  • growing a minimalist wardrobe: step 5

    Step 5: Streamline from the Bottom Up Maybe this should be the first step. But I needed to ease in to this one, it being about underwear and all. As it turns out, I’ll…

    October 16, 2014 22 Comments
  • growing a minimalist wardrobe: step 4

    Step Four: Care For Your Clothes You’ve painstakingly grown your minimalist wardrobe using steps ONE, TWO, and THREE. Now you need to take care of the clothes in your limited collection. No pressure. Before I…

    October 9, 2014 14 Comments
  • make-believe: apple picking.

    This past weekend we stopped by the apple orchard near my hometown to say hello to a friendly pack of llamas before catching the train back to Brooklyn. My mom tucked donuts and a…

    October 7, 2014 6 Comments
  • growing a minimalist wardrobe: step 3

    Step Three: Slow Growth and Limiting Factors You’ve figured out what to get rid of. Maybe you’ve honed in on a color palette. You’re working on building a solid base. But how do you…

    October 2, 2014 34 Comments
  • storq: a maternity basics giveaway.

    Growing a minimalist wardrobe while also growing an ever larger version of yourself can be a challenge for even the most sartorially adept pregnant woman.  And I was not the most sartorially adept pregnant…

    September 29, 2014 228 Comments