A blast from the past.

Earlier while going through old pictures of Ben's family with him and Jean it reminded me of my childhood. It is always strange how little catalysts will trigger big memories, but it has happened a lot recently. It helps that my nephew looks like a carbon copy of an infant me.

While we were talking about childhood memories on the ride home I remembered a "fashion" memory from my childhood. A scent. Of strong woodsy aftershave.

As a child, my dad always wore the green glass potion known as Brut. It is always so odd that memories never just come back slowly, they always rush in. Brut had much the same effect on my nostrils as a child. As soon as my dad opened the bathroom door down the hallway the lavender and sandalwood scent would flood the house.

I don't remember when he stopped wearing it. I remember buying it for him in Christmas sets. All I remember is the strong smell I always recognized him by without seeing him and the green glass bottle sitting on our navy blue vanity.

Random Re-Blog: February 2, 2012

Today's Random Re-Blog comes from the Manifold Destiny, besides having an awesome title, the blog has an amazing style that it gets from scouring the web for interesting finds. I found these two pictures from a post made several days ago and loved them both. Enjoy!

Loving the desert boots and chambray. The coat is delightfully tacky.

You have to love a quilted Barbour. Great layering and textures in this outfit.

What I Wore: To Keeneland!

I am going to continue this "What I Wore: to..." for a few days. Today is What I Wore to Keeneland on College Day last spring.

Friday April 8, 2011
Exhibit A:

New Wayfarer in Tortoise (RayBan, $119.00), Sunglass Strap in Orange
(Southern Tide, $4.00), Seersucker Blazer (Saddlebred by Belk, on sale $45.00),
 White Oxford (Chaps, $20.00), Bow Tie in Pawtucket Patchwork Madras
(High Cotton Ties, $45.00), Classic Chino (J.Crew, 29.50), Cowboy Boots,
 Distressed Square-Toe {favorite} (Laredo, sale $80.00).

Random Re-Blog of the day: Carly from College Prep

I am going to start sharing a snippet of what I am reading each day on other blogs here. Today while browsing through my usual blogroll I cam across this fun post from Carly at College Prep. It was a collection of outtake photos from the cover shoot of her new magazine. I loved the playfulness of the post (and her usual impecable style) and I definitely related to the unpredictable mayhem of magazine shoots. I've included a couple of my favorite pictures from the post, including one of Carly emulating Holly Golightly below:

Visit College Prep to see more!

What I Wore: The day we got our first issue of FOLK Magazine!

I decided to do a 'What I Wore' on this picture that was taken on the day we got our first shipment of FOLK Magazine Issue 1. People are always asking specifics about what I was wearing, so I thought it best to list it all here.


Wednesday September 7, 2011
Exhibit A:

Cotton V-Neck Sweater in Wheat (J.Crew, sale price $29.50),
 Dress Shirt in Small Grey Stripe (J.Crew, sale price $19.50),
Grey Classic Khaki (Gap, sale price $29.00),
Town & Country Wellington in Burnt Orange (Barbour, $110.00)

What I Wore: March 16, 2011

So, last March I took this picture on the front of my Dad's old 1956 Dodge Truck. It is on of my favorite pictures of myself to date. It doesn't contain very much information in this What I Wore... but I included a few details about a few of my favorite things.

Wednesday March 16, 2011:
Exhibit A:

Hunter Orange Baseball Cap (Polo, lost at Malone's), Dad's Flannel Coat, Grey Sweatshirt 
(Old Navy), Burnt Orange lightweight Long-sleeve Tee (Merona for Target, $5.00), 
Lucky Leather Watch (Timex, lost in dorm room), Lightwash Jeans (Unknown), 
Trusty Cowboy Boots (Laredo, $80.00).

Expect today's "What I Wore" tomorrow! I'm in Beaver Dam on FOLK duty.