A Few Things I've Been Thinking About 

Let’s try a little experiment the next time you’re shopping.

If you’re somewhere that carries several brands, and something catches your eye, leave the label alone for a moment. Give yourself a chance to discover what you think of the garment before you find out who made it.

Feel the fabric, notic...

I have a confession. For a woman who has spent much of her life helping other women see what is beautiful and worthy in themselves, I can still find it surprisingly uncomfortable when someone turns that kindness toward me.

Over the years, I’ve noticed how difficult it can be to simply receive a ...

I recently came across something that stopped me mid-scroll. The writer said that before every major shift in her life, the same seven things happened.

Not after. Before.

As I read her list, I found myself nodding. I have experienced many of these things before significant changes in my own life.

I went to Germany looking for my father.

I didn't say it quite that way when I left. After all, my father, Ernst, has been dead for more than sixty years. He died when I was seven years old, and you don't exactly go looking for someone who has been gone that long.

Or perhaps you do.

For most of m...

At the beginning of every year, I choose a word. Not a resolution. Not a goal. A word that quietly becomes my companion for the year ahead.

This year, my word was Becoming. At the time, I thought I knew what it meant.

I imagined it would be about my work. Finishing the second edition of Wear Yo...

It's almost Autumn and, almost on cue, the urge to buy something new arrives with it. Perhaps it’s a flashback to the thrill of choosing a new back-to-school outfit. A new season. New clothes on the racks. A fresh start hanging in the shop window. It’s one of the most natural impulses there is. A...