08/12/2020
Despite what Pantone may say, the color of the summer will always be white. Nothing looks more fresh or makes you appear more bronzed than this lightest and brightest of hues. Whether in simple boho dress form or natural-fibered layered separates, it’s a no brainer kind of look that works for every day, late night dinner dates, and travel. (Just be sure to travel with a bleach pen… just in case.) Even with kids it’s counter-intuitively one of the easiest colors to maintain since you can just toss it in the wash with … 
One thing that my very first styling boss impressed upon me was the need to wrap up the day with a tidy desk and working space. (It was part of this post a couple weeks ago, too.) No matter how crazy the day or how many clothes were strewn about in the closet at noon, come closing time everything was in it’s right place. She said it was the only way to start a new day fresh and she was right. When we were touring Margaret’s West Austin abode, we couldn’t get over this organized office nook that she created in her … 
It was a short conversation, but in the spring of 2004 as I was chatting with an upperclassmen, I decided to transfer to the Fashion Merchandising program. I was ending my sophomore year at the University of Texas at Austin. While a degree in fashion didn’t fit what I had thought I might do professionally up until this point, the idea of personal style, aesthetics and creative projects were becoming more and more all-consuming and as time went on I could think of less and less reason why I shouldn’t make them the focus of my … 
We have questions. I figured you might, too. If you’re going to phone a friend in such a time as this– a time when so many of us are weighing the risks and rewards, pros and cons of virtual school, in-person, homeschool and pods as we inch our way to summer’s end– you want it to be a friend like Erin Loechner, founder of Other Goose. Other Goose is a simple, homeschool strategy focused on children ages 2-7. It is championed by thought leaders, childhood development experts, research scholars and environmentalists and feels so … 
