“Even if we’re continually tempted to lower our guard—for love or weariness, for sympathy or kindness—we women shouldn’t do it. We can lose from one moment to the next everything that we’ve achieved.” —Elena Ferrante, as told to NYT .  .  . Read "Elena Ferrante, Author of Naples Novels, Stays ... Read More
Joan Didion as the New Face of CĂ©line
Be still, my heart (!). If ever there were a woman to embody the essence of luxury fashion house CĂ©line, it would be Joan Didion. Who better to represent Phoebe Philo's vision than the woman whose packing list exemplified the very meaning of restraint, austerity, and minimalism? Who but Didion, a ... Read More
Things I Learned—and Unlearned—in 2014
I'm a few days late. Five, to be exact, because everyone knows it takes at least two days post ball-dropping festivities to recover, one to catch up with work, then another two for resuming New Year celebrations. Plus, things feel neater, newer even, when they fall on a Monday. So here I am, and ... Read More