styled living simply achieved by Jacqueline deMontravel
Truth be told, the only travel happening this approaching spring break is to a nearby dairy farm. The risk, being mom shamed, and need for a rapid test outweigh, to use COVID terms, a non-essential trip. But you don’t need twenty dollar drinks bobbing with paper umbrellas and a stretch of sand to dress for the occasion. We edited resort wear standouts you will want to wear into autumn.
Ladies make room in the medicine cabinet for the guys in your life, they have their own skincare needs. With an onslaught of beauty products specifically targeting men, you have to wonder if this is the next bubble tea. Pamela Viglielmo, President and CEO of MËNAJI Advanced Men’s Skincare, proves otherwise. She helms a company that originated 20 years ago when a makeup artist found that the products she used for men on camera were not performing, thus is the birth story of the very first concealer and anti-shine formula for men.
Science-based beauty products loaded with healthy botanicals will benefit skin health and improve appearance.
It may not be a war out there but battling the elements and viruses can make it feel like one. Spring is sliding into some parts of the country with an onslaught of melting snow, which is why durable pieces in understated earth tones is a style we can support through the transitional seasons.
In between weather calls for styles that traverse between fashion and utility.
We feature clothes and accessories that deliver on utility, adding warmth and protection from the change in weather your app didn’t alert you to.
Resort travel may look attenuated this year but that doesn’t have to keep you from adding stylish pieces for warmer temps. It’s time to break our co-dependency with drawstring pants, this year we’re seeing a more dressed-up approach to fashion. Clothing that performs in transitional weather is also a potent element to resort wear DNA.
A few quality pieces is all you need to own a resort wear look.
Sensible dining isn’t only about eating the sprouts on your fancy salad, being eco-conscious is part of a healthy outlook. In the age of doing your part we wear masks, travel fuel-efficiently and eat with reusable pieces. This doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice convenience or style, it’s simply a matter of tweaking everyday routines. By using sustainable dinnerware, you’re reducing your carbon imprint and the environment will breathe a little better because of it.
The last straw you’ll ever need.
Those alpine scenes of snow-capped mountains and frolicking reindeer commonly portrayed on ugly Christmas sweaters doesn’t effectively correspond to the winter seen outside my window. Grey skies spiderwebbed with bare trees, anxious squirrels gathering provisions, is the more accurate portrayal.
Being active outdoors, with a favorite pet in a beautiful location, is a great remedy for the winter blahs.
There’s a tragic quality to the growing number of tear downs in my Connecticut neighborhood. New homes are quickly erected, blocks of white structures accented with black steel-framed windows. The interiors are so new Wipe-Its must be readily available to remove damaging smudge prints. The thought of living in such a home can be alluring in that wearing new clothes kind of sensation. However I have too many things to ever make such a home work, from past down belongings to sentimental acquisitions, parting with them would be a breach in loyalty. This is why I return to the sensibility of my Parisian family. Their style is not influenced by Pinterest boards but what is rich in quality, provenance, and furnishings that can’t be described in a paragraph of copy beneath a shopping cart icon.
Every space in my cousin’s Paris home spotlights an important assembly of fine pieces, as seen from this view to the office.
From wearing a scarf that’s plush toy soft to basic kitchen needs in modern designs, we’re looking at gifts that relate to the year ahead. 2021 will continue the trend of being nurtured at home with feel-good luxuries.
It’s a depressing moment when you finish “The Queen’s Gambit” series but the best of its late 50’s to 60s style can live on. We’re of the belief that anything done well endures. From heroine Beth Harmon’s Lexington, Kentucky, bungalow to the glamour of international chess tournaments in Paris and Moscow—her look captivates.
If there is one item you should revisit from the past for today’s needs it’s the comfort blanket. While you may shed its original name, “Binky” comes to mind, the uses are the same. Nothing warms and coddles as effectively as a blanket, insulating uncomfortable body temps with revving the engine efficiency. In today’s times, I’ve found that blankets have been clocking in overtime in respect to outdoor social distancing events and restaurant dining, where the beam of a heat lamp is challenged to get us to those toasty temps. We’ve regressed to our inner Linus by looking to the security of a dependable blanket.
Not just for the sofa, take blankets with you on any activity that calls for warmth, style and comfort.
