It’s all hands on deck, we’ve got activities going on: high school commencement, out-of-town guests, getting together to watch the sun set.
We here at every day dress feel all moments are better with good clothes and great food.
We’re in the kitchen and in the closet, feeding and dressing.
Every day dress, event prep in perpetuity, that’s what we do. xoxo
When you’ve been away from something for a while, its way more challenging to jump back in. After the long holiday weekend decided today was the day, so here we go with some new regulars:
Last week Monday hosted a small little brunch. Served up avocado toast, individual frittatas, kale salad with fried garbanzo beans, and a blueberry granola yogurt parfait. Soon to be graduate Lizzie liked the effort, so we’re making these all again for her upcoming celebratory lunch. We’ll add some more sides, as we’ll be lunching, maybe a few or our old regulars, things like lobster mac & cheese, open-faced mini beef tenderloin sandwiches with horseradish cream sauce, and definitely mimosa’s, bloody’s, sangria and a cookie platter.
Like our wardrobe, we like to refresh and update our food things too, really just basics with a small twist.
Every day dress, some new regulars.
artwork by Maxwell Collins
this woman is powerful, ageless, and all colors
Buffalo NY skyline on left-hand border
Okay, so we’re totally behind the eight ball and have no idea where these days go. While checking in with a client today and organizing her clothing delivery and our respective schedules and where we might be, she said she simply tells her family when asked about her plans for the day: ‘I’m working, no further explanation needed’. Love that, and borrowing, for sure. No more questions.
Teresa C. Younger, President and CEO of the Ms. Foundation
Philanthropy-wise we’re quickly coming up on an event we’ve been working on: What She’s Made Of 2017, and it’s all about celebrating women. Held at world-renowned Albright-Knox Art Gallery, sponsored by M&T Bank, and hosted by exemplary Delaware North, this is an event not to be missed, this coming Monday, May 22nd. Our keynote is Teresa C. Younger, President and CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women. She’s all about women and economic equality, and strives to offer opportunity for low-income women and girls. All funds raised are used to break the cycle of poverty in Western New York.
We’ll have exquisite cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, an inspiring keynote address, and a fun, outdoors, exquisitely tented after party, all food and drink by Delaware North.
Here’s an iPhone pic of what I think I might wear, spring-time in BUF with women and cocktails, why not pull out all the stops?
Every day dress and we’re all about celebrating women. Click here for event details. Looking forward to seeing you there. For women today and now, everything is possible. xoxo
For more information or to reserve by phone, please call 716-887-2621. It’s the party of the season.
white tulips, bread, and butter is love
spaghetti and meatballs, one of the mother sauces
haricots verts and milk braised pork, looks weird, tastes delicious
cod, asparagus, quinoa and sautéed tomatoes
spring is time for rack of lamb
pesto, by hand, no food processor, with small pasta
maple glazed carrots cooked in scratch chicken stock
Essie ‘bikini so teeny‘ nail color
We’ve been out for a little, cooking, gardening, parenting, and forever working on good habits. We’ve been at our studio as well, helping women put together looks for spring and summer events, professional and celebratory. One thing we’ve added to our personal shopping cart is a new mid-year agenda, to help us stay on track, especially those daily habit kind of things.
Last year for the 51st birthday bought the desk size, this year we’re sizing down. Streamlining has been kind of our thing, with the wardrobe edit, now the agenda, and even the wallet. We’ve switched to carrying a little silver card case, with two cards, one for personal, one for business, and our drivers license. All those fancy store credit cards, gone. Card case slips into our bag, or a jacket pocket, or the back of our jeans. Easy.
We love anything Smythson, friend and colleague gifted us with these amazing notebooks, one personalized SCRAPPY, and the other, CLASSY. Pretty much sums us up. Thank you, dear friend.
Every day dress, some new habits, and a new mid-year agenda.
Passion wise, we’ve had a little love affair with the five mother sauces: oh, velouté, you keep me in stock.
Professionally, we’re craving something new. Even if it’s a riff on what we know; black tee, black pant, it’s time for new.
We’ve been in the kitchen and working trunk. Good food, good clothes.
Every day dress, time for new. xoxo
black tee, black pant | Worth New York Spring Summer 17
Conversation with 5th child, 3rd daughter, before dinner: me: ‘really kind of liking these un-ironed linen napkins of late’, her: ‘yeah, I get it, me too’.
We’re all for a little pomp and circumstance, especially when the occasion calls for it, yet on a weeknight family kitchen dinner, we can go with the un-ironed.
Like everyone out there, we’ve been busy (prom season et al), and wondering where the days go.
sliced leg of lamb, roasted potato, sautéed spinach
all hands on deck, fish tacosÂ
we always love a little wine
As crazy as it gets, the glue that keeps us together is breaking bread, whatever that may be. Peanut butter and jelly, fish tacos, roasted leg of lamb, doesn’t really matter.
a rail for a client
Every day dress, linen, un-ironed. xoxo
all photos from the iPhone, we got a new laptop and it doesn’t have a memory card drive, not that it makes a big difference, LOL, figuring it out, stay tuned.
Fourth daughter, sixth child, receives her high school ring in a few hours. For this, we’ll wear a dress, and a little cropped cashmere cardigan pulled from the wardrobe archives.
Went to a lovely poetry reading yesterday at a women’s club, and wore this outfit there too. You know we love a little outfit repeat, makes things easy.
Today while running around wore black leather pants, and we most often happily spend our days in denim. For spring events, like ring day and poetry readings, we go for a soft colored dress, pastel cashmere cardigan, a pretty little bag, and a kind of funky shoe boot. To keep things fun its light blue on the toes. And, that little cashmere cardigan doesn’t match the dress one bit, we like to wear things a little imperfectly.
Every day dress, ring day and poetry reading, in a dress, of course. xoxo
Worth New York friends and clients, spring summer 17 trunk starts this weekend. Special occasion or every day? We can help.
Oh, and since it’s raining cats and dogs we’re making split pea soup for simple dinner with this past weekends ham archive.
dress and cardigan | Worth New York
bag | Dior  shoe | Prada
hanging around, $20 for egg game
we prep our asparagus in cold water and old flower vases
totally in a hurry table setting, we were on the go, all okay
mother and son
son and love
casual table
butter is love, and blurred
post brunch nap
The more we move through life, the more precious it feels to spend time at the table. No staff here, this is all DIY.
simple rack of lamb and steamed potato saladÂ
When cooking for those you love, it all feels right.
it’s all in the prep
Every day dress, and here’s to the table. xoxo
always love a LBD and little black suit
men’s white shirt, black cashmere v-neck, blue denim, love always
travel outfit: silk, denim, leather, suede, cross-body, tote
Spring 2017 and we’ve got a couple of milestones to mention: 5 years here at the blog, every day dress, and 10 years at the company, Worth New York.
Love both, although we’d be kidding ourselves if we didn’t recognize the changes:
oldest and youngest
Blog started as a result of really not finding many women of age out there writing about style, and what they might be wearing. Now, and even then, there are many good sites, and as a way to introduce myself to others when working in sales as a stylist, recruiter and trainer, for the above said company.
Blog has evolved to more of a lifestyle place, and to less of wearing and showing what’s new. We still love new clothes, and all the accessories that go with them, it’s just that we’re more into less now, yet better, and probably wearing things more often.
The professional piece, with Worth New York, we wouldn’t trade for a minute. Perhaps we’ve hit pause for a little, to fast forward, or not. 5 of those 10 years we spent building a team, and now we’re more about sharing our knowledge, and inspiring others. Working with women, a beautiful product, and the support, training, and inventory of an ever evolving national luxury fashion company, irresistible. We’ll be working a spring summer trunk at the end of the month, launching into our 11th year of dressing gorgeous and talented women.
all food above, prepped and cooked in small Bayfront condo
We’re also focused on the kitchen, and food, and feeding the family. We’re learning to be more disciplined while cooking, using more whole foods than not, and to consuming and wasting less. It’s a process for sure, and it feels right, and good.
white linen shirt, best cover-upÂ
Helping women look and feel good, that’s really been our thing in one way or another since we started at a women’s only fitness center at the age of 17 teaching group classes. Perhaps we simply like feeding them now, too. Oh, what a run: fitness, fashion, and now food.
So here’s to 5 and 10, and to the next 5 and 10, and to women everywhere that jump in, try new things, hang in there, take a risk, take a gap, reinvent.
grocery tulips in a coffee mug in the condo with the laptop
morning walk, those 10k steps, wall flowers 🙂
Love and peace to all.
and for fun, totally want this red leather biker and tulle skirt, hello Kathy! (saved and copied from Instagram)
ps. do not google 5 and 10, especially urban dictionary. 🙂
all photos taken while in Ruskin, FL, on the iPhone
Greenville, SCÂ
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Three days, three states, four schools; college visits with 18-year-old daughter, 5th child of six. She’s not sure, she’s feeling the pull of the west coast, we want her east. First four all stayed east, these last two, time will tell.
Style wise we’ve personally let the hair color thing go, and we’re on the fence about that. No cut or color in over three months. Like the 27-year-old daughter that’s constantly checking out ring fingers, that’s her stage now, wondering where her peers are relationship wise, we’re checking out root lines. Grey hair on women is kind of a thing now, see Alison Walsh of That’s Not My Age and UK Vogue editor Sarah Harris, and we’re on the edge.
Loved when the husband went grey, sure it was an adjustment, honestly I think for him more than me, and at 62 I think he’s hot.
For me, really don’t love the salon time, and the residual hair-line halo that hangs around for a day or two, and that inevitable window when you need to get back for the retouch.
Yet style, every day style, is our thing. Nothing too precious, but enough to feel good, lift ourselves and those around us, and contribute to a better looking place. Kind of thinking there’s a place for women in there with uncolored hair. Don’t get me wrong, love a beautiful color, on women of all decades. It’s just one of those things in the realm where everything is possible we’re thinking of opting out.
Now in FL, getting ready to hit those 10K steps
What we know: daily movement is a must, wherever we are.