Closet

Closet confidential: contemplating a fashion diet and what I wore to the Grand Prix

(Headline with apologies and in homage to the late, great Anthony Bourdain) A funny thing happened to me at the Hermès carré counter: I swooned, and felt as if I were about to faint. Was it Stendhal’s syndrome, in which I was overcome by the beauty of the Fleurs de Giverny and Jardin à Sintra [...]

My long-awaited closet cleanse: what I learned

I am a constant shopper, a clothes horse, a fashion professional. Naturally, my closet is overflowing with stuff, designer and not, colourful and black, dressy and everyday, boho and minimalist. Most of the stuff is good – some stuff is even great.  But I have nothing to wear. Each morning I reach for the same black [...]