Saturday Snack: a Pink Shirt, 4th Of July Capsule, Blush, a Good Sale, etc etc.

I hope you had a great week! Mine was busy (in a fun way). Here’s what I was up to:

• On Tuesday I published a little shopping list on Your Mom of stuff for you, and cute stuff (including some of my favorite kids brands on sale) for your kids.

• Thursday was long post day, about nostalgia and longing and embracing the trends of your youth in middle age. I’m not sure what I was trying to say was expressed as clearly as I intended - or that it made sense, but it was fun to style and fun to write.

• Yesterday I did a live chat with Molly Nutter, my former boss, and the president of ByGeorge, who was a buyer at Barney’s in the 90’s and beyond, then worked at Céline under Phoebe Philo, before moving to Austin to take over ByGeorge. Her style is so interesting and cool, AND she walked us through exactly how she grew out her dye job to embrace her silver hair. Go watch!

And here we are with the Saturday Snack.

BLUSH - GENERALLY

I’m not a massive everyday makeup wearer, but one thing I do find myself more or less consistently putting on is a little bit of blush. Maybe this is an as you get older thing but I want that little flush of color in my cheeks back. Blush also looks good when the rest of you is a little fucked up - like your skin can be oily and shiny, your hair can be fuzzy, you can look a little rough - but then you put on blush and suddenly you’re beachy. The ones I like best right now have a little bit of orange in them - I have olive skin, so it suits me very nicely, but it also mimics the look of a sunburn that’s just turning into a tan. These are my three favorites at the moment.

HORNY SUNGLASSES

Horny as hell Magnum PI style sunglasses HOTTTTTTT. Warby Parker, $145

THIS DRESS

It’s Vince! Man, it’s so good. It looks like a bunch of napkins tied together - in a good way. I drove by the Vince store on Melrose today and did a double take of this in the window. Isn’t it good? Vince, $448

A LITTLE 4TH OF JULY CAPSULE

1: Little fishbone earrings in 14k gold and diamonds! Sydney Evan, $445

2: What a great cap. Covered in tiny patches. Sea NY, $95

3: Perfect gingham skirt - I have a friend who has this and it is so so so good. Like a summer picnic in a skirt, but in the fall wear it with an oversized button down and a navy cashmere sweater and brown boots and bingo! Faithfull, $300

4: The end-all be-all of summer skirts. Miu Miu, $2,100

5: I got this bag a few weeks ago and I don’t have the words for how much I love it. It really DOES SOMETHING for an outfit, and again, I think it’s even better when it comes out of context this fall with a wool coat or corduroy pants. Loewe, $2,400

6: The perfect micro-heel in the most gorgeous shade of orange-red. This shoe is IT!!!!! The Row, $1,100

7: I love this crochet dress as a cover up for a swimsuit, or with a little satin slip underneath. Anna Kosturova, $350

8: When I worked at Glamour a million years ago, one of us wrote something about how Jennifer Aniston has worn a red string bikini for like, two decades. It might have been me, I can’t remember, but since then I’ve been convinced red bikinis are the sexiest. I’m partial to black, but I usually also do have one red string one in rotation. I love how thin the strings are on this one. Jade Swim top, $98 ; bottoms, $90

THIS DOEN TOP

I wore this top in this week’s newsletter and I haven’t stopped wearing it since. I think it deserves its own moment. It’s excellent on - super light, but very IMPACTFUL. Doen, $168

THIS POLO

I can’t remember if I’ve written about this already or not, but I just got this polo in pink - it’s made of reclaimed waste cotton - and it has totally influenced the way I’m getting dressed. It’s super dry, very structured, and the color is gorgeous. The perfect long-sleeve thing for cool nights in the summer. Everybody World, $78

COS IS ON SALE

And it is gooooood. Lots of trans-seasonal and very nice-looking things. Cos