072: wild card
buttons, new shoes, and palo santo
Hi, it’s me. Reporting live from my couch. A place I claim to resent but continue to style from. I’m ready for sandal season in theory. Not yet in practice.
Today I’m playing a wild card.
The Loeffler Randall Bodhi Cardigan is a dangerously chic neutral. Styled with my favorite Levi’s and the Devon Sandal in red for a slow afternoon around the apartment.
The moiré is absurdly beautiful. It has taffeta-party-dress energy, but condensed into a shoe. Dramatic, but practical. Which is my favorite genre of anything.
Deeply influenced by the 365 button girl, I am currently pro-cardigan. Buttoned. Unbuttoned. Half-buttoned for narrative tension.
In a different mood, I leaned into head-to-toe navy in the Daily Drills cashmere cardigan and resort pant from their “Strictly Bisous” collection.
I added a Yankees cap, a tartan scarf, and shearling-lined slippers for balance. Equal parts French girl and retired grandfather.
No plans. Just me and my cardigan.
Survival Tactics:
Cold weather has done a number on my skin. I’m currently loyal to Oak Essentials. The Perfecting Scrub leaves everything noticeably softer. The Luminous Body Lotion smells nostalgic in a way I can’t quite place. Clean, but familiar. Like something you’ve owned forever but still reach for.
I’ve been wearing The Nue Co.’s de-stress functional fragrance to get through this endless winter. It’s palo santo forward. Warm, woody, grounding. Savasana in perfume form.
30 days til spring, but who’s counting!?
Stay toasted, xx.
We’ve wandered Tokyo and explored Paris. Now we’re seaside with Persona. Review coming soon.
Book Club:
I am behind, but a discussion of January’s reads is COMING!
Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man by Marshall McLuhan
The Critic as Artist by Oscar Wilde
Slow Days, Fast Company by Eve Babitz
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Confirming I need those sandals!
Mary Todd loves when I smell clean, but familiar