• NYFW

    New York Fashion Week is coming to a close, and like so many, I’ve spent a significant amount of time trolling the internet looking at all the glorious goods.  I like to think I have a healthy relationship with fashion.  I’m not a slave to it, but I do enjoy pulling together my ensembles.  I love to mix styles and textures to give my look just the right amount of attitude.  Fashion is a form of expression much like interior design.  The upside is that it offers immediate gratification and I can switch up my style every day if I like to suit my mood.  That’s a nice change of…

  • District Design

    New York, LA, Paris – Sure, everyone knows these cities are the “it” destinations for design and fashion. But there are fabulous finds in any city if you’re a chic and savvy girl (or guy) who knows how and where to look. “DISTRICT DESIGN” is a new, recurring feature from Luxe & Lucid that will be highlighting great shopping around the US and beyond sourced by my most stylish friends and colleagues in-the-know.           District Design vol. 1 MICHIGAN       My sorority sister, Beth Warner, is one hip chic.  In college, she radiated effortless cool while the rest of us were still trying to find…

  • Before There Were PDA’s

    I was a holdout.  I loved my daily planner and my stationary.  I never thought I would do all my writing via email and keep my schedule on a computer.  But I do.  To be honest, I couldn’t live — professionally at least — without Outlook and my iphone.  So although I’m highly organized, I miss the days when embracing your type-A meant a little more beauty and a little less technology.         Remember when we used to sit at our desks and correspond?  I’m feeling so nostalgic — this is what my desk used to look like when I was a jeune fille.  Southern Accents Nov/Dec…