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I’ve been wearing a ton of pastel recently and then I woke up in the mood for red. The heart wants what it wants! Above, wearing Splendid’s popular Angie pants (super comfortable and lots of great colors available; the crop length version meant I didn’t need to tailor/hem — Quince has a good look for less here), La Ligne’s mini Marin sweater, Celine sunnies (this particular style is great on small faces), and an Altuzarra straw tote from last season, which is still available in white or black but not the multi-color. This bag has gotten so much mileage. It is a perfect oversized shape — carries everything.
Perhaps the element I like most in this outfit: my Mary Oliver poetry book. Exceptional morning reading. I’d just written the line “is there anything more felicitous than a daffodil stem?” for this post the morning prior, and then came across her line from the poem “Spring” in this book, where she is describing a pair of flickers and writes: “How lightly, altogether, they accept / the great task, of carrying life / forward!”
Anyway, a few finds and launches that turned my head today, all in flame red —
01. Loeffler Randall’s new spring arrivals — !!! I want one of everything, but especially love these espadrilles, this peplum gingham top, and these sneaker mary janes, which are almost sold out in the white color.
02. Cuyana’s double loop satchel! OMG, I love her so much. The design is interesting but the style and shape are super functional. Sits upright, holds a laptop, etc. I love it paired with red, but it’d go with anything really.
03. Everything from Posse, but especially this red linen gilet. This brand is just totally speaking to me right now. It’s like a more flirty version of Veronica Beard — still tailored, but with a dash more whimsy.
04. J. Crew new arrivals, captioned with the slogan: “Preppy gone sexy.” I especially like this button-up sweater, this laminated barn coat, and these “camp” jeans. You might recall I bought those in a khaki color — the fit is amazing. Run slightly big. They also released a fun version of the boat shoe that is trending at the moment.
05. The HHH Scarlett dress in siren red. Love the longer maxi length on this style.
06. I still wear my La Ligne Mini Marins all the time (I own in red, blue, and a olive/black stripe). The perfect slightly cropped length for a front-tuck situation. I love it paired with the brand’s Colby pants! This is exactly what I wore to a Christmas party this year with heels and big earrings but would also look really fresh layered over a gray tee with loafers, as seen above. Not available in red, but J. Crew has a great pair of pants that many Magpies have raved about that achieve a similar look (bonus: available in petite inseams!). I love the olive green.
07. OK, items 7 and 8 in the above collage are parts of the same coin. These jelly style shoes were very popular last summer and I predict will be back in full force this summer as well. The shoes on the right (that launched the trend) are from The Row, and cost around $800. You can get the look for less with these $50 Jeffrey Campbells or these $19 Old Navys. I wore these $140 jellies from Ancient Greek all last summer and they are currently 25% off at Bloomingdale’s. Suprisingly comfortable — the plastic doesn’t cut up your foot at all.
P.S. The spring dress edit.
P.P.S. Quince favorites.
P.P.P.S. Stages of parenting.