August 2023

Link Love: The Knitting Bug

This week’s Link Love is for the knitters and fans of home-made knitwear: Six knitters talk of the garments they are most proud …

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Team White or Team Colourful Sneakers

Sneakers are the shoe of our fashion era. I can’t think of a shoe that is worn more frequently by people around the world than …

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Global Wardrobe Semantics

The YLF community is impressively international. Our highest concentration of Fabbers are in the US, Canada, the UK and Europe. We also …

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Link Love: Pop Music Fashion

I’ve been having lots of fun perusing the archives of Messy Nessy Chic. Paris-based Vanessa Grall writes about everything from …

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Style Goals ‘23: Checking In

Time to check in on the style goals I set in January. To recap, my Style Descriptor (or Style Moniker) is Urban Polish. I live in the …

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Small Accessory, Big Impact

I used to regularly wear belts with jeans and pants, but then stopped for many years. I just wasn’t in the mood for belts and …

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Highly Elusive for 15 Years

A highly elusive wardrobe item, or HEWI for short, is an item on your shopping list that you are struggling to find. Maybe it …

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Link Love: News from the World of Fragrance

Let’s dive into the world of fragrance this week: I thought this was a great read: The story of Santa Maria Novella, the …

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My Morning Style Decisions

Wardrobe items that I’ve ordered online tend to be delivered in the late afternoon. If I’m home, I try on the items that …

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