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white on white

While away, and really just about every day, we like to keep things pretty easy. White on white, and a couple of luxe accessories, and dressed.

Mo, this ones for you: Optic White Yarn Dyed Linen Easy Shirt. We ditched the go-with camisole, like to pair it with a deep navy bra underneath instead. 🙂 Brought two more of the same, both of those in Indigo, different post about that, stay tuned.

This is modern linen too, machine wash on cold, hang to dry, really doesn’t even need an iron, maybe a light one if you’re fastidious.

Every day dress, white on white. Happy Tuesday all.

Optic White Yarn Dyed Linen Easy Shirt | Worth New York Spring 2015

denim | Citizens of Humanity

belt | Louis Vuitton

cuff | Hermes

high and white

For weekend family events wore a crewneck elbow length fit and flare white knit dress. Left the full-on skin show this time to the under thirty under twenty set.

Knits are easy to pack, take minimal room in the carry-on, only need a quick shake-out, and you’re good to go. Ready for the day/night in ten minutes flat.

We opted out of the complimentary continental, and cooked in instead. No egg hunt this year, and no chocolate bunnies, simply family time and real food. Missing you E and EJ.

Hoping everyone had a soulful weekend. xoxo

white dress | Missoni

some new shoes

Been eyeing this designer for months now, and this last Friday night after a glass of wine or two finally did it. She’s French, launched her line in 2003, and now, today, have some new Laurence Dacade shoes, minus a small mortgage-like payment in the bank account. Love this on point female Parisian luxury accessories designer and now love owning/wearing a piece of her work.

Couldn’t resist the walkable chunky heel and the rock and roll edge. At about fifty we’re not doing anything here that’s not walkable anymore.

Every day dress, some new shoes.

shoes | Laurence Dacade

denim | Citizens of Humanity

white shirt, fringed sweater | Worth New York

double green

small note: the net-a-porter ribbon and the corkscrew on the kitchen counter, both really good things

Yeah, snowed here in the BUF today so simply doing double green in the kitchen. Asparagus and spinach, the latter of course with cheese, gotta love Gruyère to finish things off. Same old rosemary garlic balsamic chicken but it’s a Monday…this time used Espresso Balsamic Vinegar.

Worked all day in the home office, only left to do the drive around/pick-up. Quick look at the redo that’s going on, picture here from the iPhone, still a lot of styling do be done yet it’s a start.

White hydrangea from last week’s grocery trip going strong, did the boiling water thing and dipped the stems in alum. 🙂Every day dress, double green, happy Monday everyone.

white flowers, black sweaters

Last Friday in March 2015, and some things are constant: white flowers, black sweaters. Had a client order three black turtlenecks this week, good basics are always good.

Small detail with the denim, took a pair of scissors and cut about three inches off the hem, left the selvage raw. Simply wanted a change, and now they’re raw or with a simple roll.

ps. at the work desk we’ve got a search going on in Saratoga Springs to add a Stylist to our upstate team, any blog readers out there know of anyone you think we should be speaking with? Fun, flexible, work your own schedule from just about anywhere, for the right woman a pretty unbeatable combination. 🙂 Email us here at rebecca@everydaydress.com or message 716.445.3033.

TGIF everyone, let’s make it a great one. Thanks for reading.

scarf as bracelet

Quick post: runaround day. We’ve seen scarf as halter, and scarf as dress. Now, scarf as bracelet. Leandra of Man Repeller fame does it, so can you.

Take a long narrow scarf and wrap and tie. If you’re home alone you might have to use your teeth, haha. Great way to dress up the jeans (I know, again), and the second son’s black v-neck sweater.

It’s quick, and easy. Best part, the more you have to do the less I like to have accessories get in the way. This sits quietly on the wrist, no noise when you’ve got to go.

Every day dress, scarf as bracelet.

How did it get to Thursday already?

scarf | from an old sweater top | Worth New York

fashion

test drive

A good suit can give you confidence. Thinking it’s better to have one really good one than a drawerful of not so good.

Take it for a test drive, too. Did that with the husband, it passed, top and bottom.

Picked this up last September in small French wine town. Don’t really buy new swimwear that often, really liked the juxtaposition of the one-sided laced boy short with the bikini top. These suits are worth the money.

white bikini | ERES

same jeans, chambray shirt

When traveling, and really just about any day, it’s easiest to wear certain things over and over. Buy well, wear often.

For day 2 of quick little in and out getaway, wore the same white jeans, added a belt, and tucked in the chambray shirt that if truth be told was the night before night-shirt, untucked of course.

One kind of rock and roll cuff, a pair of flats. Eye makeup, grocery store nude lipstick, and done. Nothing fancy or unusual here, simply an easy way to dress during your downtime.

Have a great weekend everyone, heading back north tomorrow morning.

Every day dress, same jeans, chambray shirt.

fashion

a little color

First official day of Spring is tomorrow, Friday march 20th: time for a little color in the outfit of the day.

Recent Barneys catalogue is all about the over skinny jean, so much more of a relaxed fit. We’ve got that going here too, with again, a loose Citizen’s shape. An easy fit (color, and print, so not our usual) silk blouse, bright nail color, and done.

Some clients are telling us they are ready to have a burn party for their black pants, it’s been a long winter.

Every day dress, a little color, it’s about time, right?

Nail Color | Essie | Geranium

over skinny

Two nights in a row went out to the same restaurant and wore the same blue jeans in small upstate New York ski town. While we’ll never really be over skinny here at every day dress, love our three squares way too much for that, one thing we’re feeling is that we just might be over the skinny jean trend for a bit.

For some clients it’s the absolute go-to: any shoe or boot will work regardless of heel height or lack of, and it’s the perfect runaround from dawn to dawn. 🙂 Just feeling the itch for a new cut. Until we can make the jump to the high-waisted sailor pant or even the flare, coming soon we know along with the wedge heel, it’s back to the old slouchy kind of boyfriend jean bought probably four or so years ago out on the west coast. Very fit friend thought it was nuts, why buy or wear loose jeans?

Well, it’s been a long winter and we need something new/old. So until those high-waisted white flared jeans get here, ordered them today, we are so over skinny, haha. Need the snow to melt, and fast.