Blogging’s been brief, every day life, enveloping.

Not sure why but when leaving town for any length of time it seems that every surface in the house needs to be wiped clean. The inside of drawers, the refrigerator, even the oven. Crazy stuff.

 

 

So we’ve been working and packing: for small work event last night, had some drop-off catering as we’ve been in the clean mode and not so much the cook mode. With any free time we’ve been piling things in the bedroom corner to pack for a sixteen day trip abroad.

We’re all about the carry on, always. This time though we’re taking two. Two bags that can be handled solo, no help required. Adamant about when traveling we should all be able to handle our own stuff. Trains don’t wait.

More basics, to keep things simple use a single fresh flower specimen in a clear glass vase, nothing else. And, when nothing else is blooming in the garden cut a bunch of mint and stick it in an on the rocks glass. Simple cool.

Every day dress, work and pack. Hope everyone is having a great week. xo

 

Have never ever felt this pulled and stretched. Getting out of here next week Thursday for Edinburgh, London, Paris. Two youngest daughters playing lacrosse in Scotland for about nine days, wow, just like when I was a kid, not really.

For dinner out Thursday with the three men in my life, went back to the grade school kind of look and wore a white blouse and navy skirt. Both in an amazing kind of shock wash cotton, and layered a Wolford body suit on underneath. Oh, Donna, will miss you, you were absolutely my first major fashion crush.

 

Yeah, there’s a bit of midsection stuff going on, we don’t Photoshop here, it’s all real, and every day dress.

Gotta keep the faith.

white blouse, navy skirt | Worth New York Summer 2015

Each day seems to slide into the next and there’s a constant stream of our favorite; family, friends, food & wine.

Sunday night out in the country served up simple dinner for eight, oh what fun we had, midnight swim anyone?

Wore a new light blue sweater, and of course white denim and black boots.

Really need to spend some more time in the office, if I don’t get myself in that desk chair I might just find myself cooking during the weekdays. 🙂

Every day dress, summer days and nights, love wearing great clothes and throwing dinner parties.

Blue Jay Cable Pullover | Worth New York Summer 2015

White Denim | Adriano Goldschmied The Stilt Roll-Up | Tony Walker & Co.

Meet Monica, co-founder and CEO of Dripping in Gems. Her philosophy is simple outfits with statement accessories. She is without a doubt simply fab. And, her business partner is her mom, super fab. Love their stuff and bought my first two pieces yesterday.

Check their exquisite gems out at www.drippingingems.com.

Happy Friday everyone.

 

Like women everywhere, we’ve kind of been in a hurry. Great fantastic moving pieces all over.

When times are fast, simple outfits are often best.

After a day on the road yesterday came home and slipped into fresh white jeans, white v-neck tee, and best ever black blazer. Neutral suede lace-ups, that red lip, and no time for hair. Prepped some dinner, two roast chickens in the oven with lemon, thyme, garlic, carrots, onions, and red potatoes, and had to be out the door yet again.

Finished the look with my new lariat, picked up in Rochester NY yesterday at the home showroom of beautiful Monica. She’s an image consultant, and now co-founder and CEO of Dripping in Gems, exquisite statement jewelry made in Miami for the modern woman. Check her site at www.drippingingems.com.

She’s got it going on for sure, a flexible work from home entrepreneurial business. We get each other. She’s growing her jewelry business and I’m growing our fashion business.

Love clothes and think you too might want to work from home with the support of a national luxury women’s fashion brand? Reach out to me at www.worthnewyork.com/rebecca-collins. We’re kind of in a hurry, talking with women now for Fall Twenty Fifteen.

Interested in a handmade one of a kind piece of exquisite jewelry? Check in with Monica at info@drippingingems.com. Her philosophy is simple outfits and statement accessories. Love it.

Every day dress, in a hurry. Let’s all have a slow weekend. xoxo

Jamie Silver and Gold Lariat Necklace | Dripping in Gems

 

For work and runaround yesterday, wore a great little shirtdress.

No time for makeup, only that great new red lipstick, fifth child had to be somewhere and we had driving lessons to boot.

Love the ease of this kind of dress.

Paired it with a nice pop of color for the shoes, and my classic Saint Laurent satchel. Black, white, done.

For work we’re off to Rochester NY today, always team building and looking forward to a great Fall Twenty Fifteen season.

To see what we’re up to professionally, check out our new site at www.worthnewyork.com or better yet check out my profile page at www.worthnewyork.com/rebecca-collins. You can book a one hour private styling session with me directly online,  love what I do.

Dress | Worth New York Spring Summer 2015

Shoe | Christian Louboutin

Bag | Saint Laurent

Thanks for reading, let’s all make it a great Thursday, every day dress.

 

July is typically the height of summertime so to keep the good times going we’re all about work at day and play at night. So, still doing the red white blue thing and always doing dinner.

 

Pink camouflage cake anyone?

Every day dress, keep it going.

Winding down a long weekend can feel bittersweet: teenaged children scattered here and there, they have some of their own night-time plans now, and oldest son in DC and haven’t heard a word. Oldest daughter home for the weekend NYC based flying out to San Francisco first thing Tuesday, and second daughter and second son have their own lives now too.

So, husband and I wound it down by hopping in the car and driving out to ski country for dinner with friends and hill-side orchestra music and fireworks.

Two new fashion items in the rotation: Laurence Dacade boots and Tom Ford lipstick. If I could I would buy everything of both, all her shoes and all his lipsticks. Laurence Dacade, Parisian shoemaker, and a beautiful woman, says of fashion, ‘There is no need to suffer for beauty.’ Bought those boots a month or two ago and wore them for the first time last night. Slipped them on barefoot and good to go. And Tom Ford? Well, he needs no introduction. Thank you Tony Walker & Co. for picking up his makeup line.

 

 

Laurence Dacade Belen Leather Ankle Boots | MÓDA ÓPERANDI

Tom Ford Lip Color Matte | 06 | Flame

Every day dress, winding it down, hoping everyone had a good weekend.

As family, friends and lovers all do over long weekends, we’ve been making it a party ever since the kids have been babies. What used to be red white and blue beach blast all six in matching outfits with candy filled pinatas, is now a food & wine fest come as you are out in the country.

It’s pretty much down to a science: don’t think about it all until the day of yet invite everyone you’re fond. Hit the city market first thing in the morning before anyone else is up to tuck in supplies. Start prepping like crazy, make six scratch pie crusts and send entire family and two dogs out to the site. Trim and marinate a bunch of chicken, spice rub five racks of ribs. Double up the mac and cheese, one with lobster, one without.

Hit the country house dressed and running and roll out the crusts. Fill and bake, five in at once. Put favorite brother-in-law on grill duty and second son on ribs. Pour wine generously. Take the five pies out (not quite baked yet) and slide in the all the mac and cheese. Assemble bean salad. Dinner is taking a little longer than planned so to fill time have everyone take a walk for a free-form group shot. It’s kind of like an orchestra, when you make it a party you get to conduct, how great is that.

 

 

 

Put it all on the table, then slide the five pies back in. Everyone eats, and then whip the cream.

Dessert is served, and at about dusk have everyone pile into cars to head over the hill for local firework spectacular. Gorgeous day.

Wishing everyone a safe and sacred Independence Day. xoxo

Every day dress, make it a party. Love and peace.

 

For the weekend, why not celebrate our independence and wear a riot of pattern and print. A little stripe never hurt nobody.

Everyone loves a little stripe, so pull it out, put it on, and have a good and safe 4th.

Changed out of the skirt before heading downtown, that’s a sample and for sale.

We’ll be driving to the country house bright and early, and cooking ribs, chicken, mac and cheese and blueberry pie for about thirty plus.

Nicole, that striped skirt has your name all over it. Wore it for the blog shot only. Scarf as halter? That one’s mine and I’ll be wearing it to cook in all day long, shows nothing, arms are free.

We’ve been doing private wardrobing even during these first days of summer. Party season has just begun, what are you all wearing and cooking?