Have so much to say about this thought so let’s start easy and begin with fashion: we’ve all probably been there, some beautiful resort town and we make a purchase that feels fun and right at the time only to return home to real life and think ‘what was I thinking?’

Enter crazy suede orange shoes. Purchased last summer in Newport RI, oldest daughter was working retail for the summer so why not support the cause. Husband isn’t really all about them, he likes a more refined look, try to please but sometimes you’ve just gotta take a break and shoes are pretty safe. Don’t look down, husband. 🙂

Anyways, bought the shoes, so now what? If not now, when. Decided to pull them out on Saturday as we were headed to niece’s first birthday party. Birthday parties and turning one are all about fun so why not crazy suede orange shoes? It was outdoors, you can only really wear a wedge or a flat, and the middle of July so if not now, when?

Talk with clients all the time about if not now, when: we all have great clothes, let’s get them out and wear them. Most common cry of not now is when I lose the weight, then I’ll have and wear some great clothes. Women, now is now, wear those things you bought while on vacation in some small resort town. Now is now, exercise in some way today and put on your good clothes. Dress your body for as it is now, life moves so darn fast I just have to say it again, if not now, when?

Every day dress wears crazy orange suede shoes to celebrate beautiful niece turning one. Let’s all celebrate life and family. If not now, when? xoxo

M, after you told me you liked these shoes with the wide legged linen pant just couldn’t do ‘one hit wonder.’ Another time, baby, it was fun today. 🙂

Promised it would all be all about Fall come Monday but like all good things, everything seems to take longer than expected. So let’s all just stay tuned.

Could go on and on about if not now, when: the garden, the attic, the basement, the second language I’ve promised to learn, the books we all want to read, the work we all do, easier to just get dressed and get on with it. Every day dress.

Sometimes it’s hotter than heck and the last thing you feel like doing is putting on clothes and heading downtown. Downtown and clothes you must, so here’s what was happening:

Husband left early Thursday morning for the office in pink striped button down shirt, nice neutral jeans. He calls after his long day and says let’s have dinner out. Never mind the prepped wild line-caught fish, that can wait twenty-four hours, maybe, but don’t want to have him wait.

Pull on the lightest weight striped shirt I can find, wouldn’t you know sample sale piece, perks of work, and grab second daughter’s white jeans, can’t find mine anywhere. Have two youngest slip on dresses, it’s hot out there and every other young women is wearing a dress too.

Last weekend was all about dresses and just not in the mood so tight jeans it was. Kind of wishing for the rocker chic emaciated look, never ever happening here so have to own the tight fit.

Every day dress on the street and hoping all women have courage to own their own personal look. What else is there?

Have a great weekend all. Come Monday it’s Fall 2013 and building a team in Rochester and Albany NY. Email here if you know of anyone we should be talking to, rebecca@everydaydress.com. We believe all women can wear and have clothing they feel good and look great in.

Normally not one to suggest full on prints but here goes: kind of loving the dressed up dressed down feel of this maxi skirt, posted twice here before, and the matching silk off the shoulder blouse. All together now.

This outfit felt pretty great for husband’s work retreat Saturday night dinner last weekend. He loves when flat shoes are worn, and couldn’t think of anything better than Manolo Blahnik crocodile sandals, yes, the dog has chewed them but still love him/them, to finish the dressed up dressed down look.

Would love to hear your thoughts.

Every day dress is all together now. Sort of. Summer is a crazy time. Love to all.

 

Watermint and blossom, those two words can kind of get your attention during a July heat wave.

Honestly, have no idea what I was thinking when I signed on for full-time work with the husband, kids, dogs, homes, etc., especially in the middle of July. Feel like we are treading water and seems like every women I speak with seems to feel the same way.

So, since the work is full-time, here goes: Every day dress is styling many women for their busy days from the Spring Summer 2013 Sample Sale. Today I happily outfitted a women who stays away from the mall at all costs and she carried out two silk scarves, that black cardigan that is a wardrobe essential and has been posted about here before, a jersey geometric top, and a cardigan sweater that has the polish of any jacket.

Pictured here? What was worn for husband’s work retreat last weekend at Geneva on the Lake. Watermint and Blossom Silk Twisted Halter Dress and Pale Blossom Croc Belt. Very ladylike. Incidentally, have both the dress and belt available at Sample Sale, 50% off. Email me here, rebecca@everydaydress.com if you would like me to see if we have your size. Many other great samples that may tempt you as well.

If you are a woman and working full-time and feel like you need a little pick-up before the weekend with something new and fun to wear, I can help you.

Every day dress is working Sample Sale in the middle of July. Why not go for a little watermint and blossom?

 

It’s been hot. And humid. Actually retreated from the country house to the city house where there is air conditioning. Husband has had me on the run and eating and drinking almost everything in upstate New York. Thank you ponte.

Most women I work with have a five pound or so swing. Five pounds up, five pounds down. Ponte knit is there for you when you when you want to drink it all in and maybe even order the house cheesecake. Oh, yes.

Ordered this dress in one size up because that was all there was. When it arrived thought it needed the tailor, a little loose in the hips. No longer. After a good weekend or two it fits just right, could maybe even go up one, but went back to the gym this morning so we are going down to where we were before all this fun.

For summer in the city after a full day of working sample sale, every day dress does ponte knit. If you would like to shop sample sale, email me here at rebecca@everydaydress.com. Slowly helping women with beautiful things to wear.

Husband likes to hit the road and change it up as often as possible. That means being ready to go when he says go.

Yes, maybe a little old-fashioned but it works. Six kids, businesses and property and still want to get away from it all at times and boy, better have the clothes ready. When you feel good in what you’re wearing you can get away super quick and focus on those and everything else around you. That’s the important stuff but great clothes sure do help.

For this road trip to Finger Lakes Wine Country and Geneva on the Lake, wore the long silk dress pretty much still packed from the AZ trip. Added a new sweater from the current sample sale, good wardrobes evolve over time, and always love a good sample sale.

Dressed for dinner in all white linen, one color and you don’t have to think, pants from last season, halter top Summer 2013. Pulled the hair back, no time for that, and day one down for hit the road Summer 2013 road trip.

Happy weekend everyone. Hope you all have some great getaway clothes on deck for when it’s time to go.

Interested in shopping sample sale? Email me here, rebecca@everydaydress.com. Been carefully outfitting many women for their great hit the road getaway trips. Don’t need much but what you take needs to count.

Every day dress.

 

 

Fashion friends, many of us might have the luxury of not having to get out of the shorts and t-shirts for the day and yes, that is a luxury, count myself in some of the days of the week. This post is for the 60% or so of us that might work from home or work all day at home.

Here is a look that is as easy as your favorite yoga pants and zipped sweatshirt, yet dressed. Shows some skin, not all of it, and that’s probably a good thing, but let’s everyone out there know, yes, you perhaps go to the gym.

Every day dress speaks with women all day long. Many women say they have no need for anything during the day beyond shorts and a tee, here we might disagree. Consider this: if we all ran around, our men included,  in shorts and a tee, or yoga pants and a zipped sweatshirt, what would we look like as a community? Probably not very impressive.

So, here, a look that won’t win any best dressed, yet dressed enough. Every day dress does a look as easy as shorts and a tee, and leaves the sneakers in the closet.

For two days in a row, have worn exactly the same outfit: black wide leg pants, navy silk blouse. Really loving the swagger of the full leg and high waist. Add a heel and you’ve got it going on. Totally worked for work and more.

Not sure why black and navy creates energy, really easy to do, especially after a long holiday weekend and nothing seems to fit or look right. Too much fun, back on track, hitting the gym Thursday and Friday, trainer on vacation.

When you’re stuck, not sure what to put on the body, try black and navy. Everyone has black trousers, pull a navy silk blouse. Try adding a soft neutral shoe when doing this combination summertime.

Black and navy again, needing things that are easy. Every day dress.

Marion Pant | Worth New York Fall 2013

Hoping everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend with family and friends. So much to be thankful for.

Thank you for reading and thank you for flexibility. During the last few days of downtime thought a lot about the blog, work, women, clothes, and life.

Thinking that the blog could focus on women having and wearing clothes they feel good and look great in. Wardrobe and closet essentials that move through all of life’s facets, up and down.

Work is essential, necessary, fundamental, challenging, and at it’s best flexible and moving. Work in many forms provides structure and definition, and a great counterpart to downtime, which seems to be essential too.

Women do many things and most of the time need to be dressed. Most women I know have a love for clothes. Even the far from clothes horse highly intelligent therapist said to me at one time, Rebecca, all women love clothes.

So here’s to life, and the ongoing edit. Believing that women having and wearing clothes they feel good and look great in is a very good thing. As for the jeans? Kind of liking the bootleg throwback after seasons of skinnies. 

Every day dress, for all of life’s facets.

Tangent: made strawberry jam this morning from local home-grown berries. Used to do that all the time in enormous batches when kids were young. Even picked the berries. The ongoing edit…

Silk Blouse | new | Zara

White Jeans | 7 years old | purchased and worn when twins turned sixteen

Belt | old, not sure when | Hèrmes

Sunglasses | new | Céline

Never really thought I would put those three words together but here goes; tory tribal ralph.

Starting with the footwear, bought the Tory Burch sandals probably three years ago on sale at Foot Candy in Sonoma, CA. Have had them stashed and bring them out every once in a while. Tribal pants? You know, want to wear pajamas, blog about no yoga pants, so here is the next best thing. Twenty year old daughter and twenty-three year old son give them the thumbs up, son says they are a little MC Hammer. Have to wear a heel, no flat sandal or totally a pajama look, and that’s not good.

Black Ralph tank? Ten years ago: Holt Renfrew, Toronto, Canada. Still remember the male sales clerk, thank you sir, love that tank.

Tory tribal ralph, an unusual combination but worked for today.