Girls do not dress for boys. They dress for themselves,

and of course, each other. If girls dressed for boys,

they’d just always walk around naked.

—Betsy Johnson

My granddaughter Zoë, just ...

Sorrow may shape you, but it doesn’t define you. 

There are moments in life that change everything. Moments we never see coming, moments we’re not ready for. Some of them leave us breathless with ...

Everywhere you turn these days, there’s a cause asking for help.
And truthfully, most of them are worthy.

It’s easy to feel torn—pulled between compassion and fatigue. The need is endless, the world f...

I opened Michelle Obama's latest book The Look  late one night, thinking I’d read a few pages before bed. By the time I reached the dedication, I was in tears.

She wrote:

“To all of the people behin...

Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterward. 

—Oscar Wilde 

Have you ever wondered what’s next? 

I’ve learned that just when I think everythin...

Have you ever noticed that some people older than you energize you - and some much younger drain you?

It's something I've bee thinking about lately. I've had conversations with "elderly" women that l...

When my husband turned 65 last week, we celebrated with a West Coast cruise. (Yes, I robbed the cradle—he robbed the grave. We call it even.)

It was everything I needed and nothing I expected. I t...

Every woman I know has stood in front of her closet and sighed: I have nothing to wear. And yet, the hangers are crowded.

The truth is, most of us are hanging onto clothes that don't fit our bodies, ...

Brown isn’t usually the headliner on the *it* list of fashion colours. It’s often been dismissed as basic, boring, or too tricky to wear—especially for those who don’t have warm undertones in their...

If shopping doesn’t make you happy, then you’re in the wrong shop.
~Mimosa Rose

Shopping is about so much more than what we carry out of the store, it’s about how we carry ourselves when we wear it...

That’s what I find myself whispering when I see pumpkin spice lattes and Halloween displays popping up already. Not yet. Finally, after a summer that was more raincoat than sundress, the sun has shown...

Forget chasing youth, let's make sure your style says ageless. 

Ironically, we spent the first part of our lives trying to look older.
Now, we’re spending the rest trying not to.

But it’s not really ...