You know when you’re working too hard to make something work? Yeah, don’t. Whether it’s shoes, relationships, the biggest financial decision you’ll make in your entire life or high-waisted pants, this holds true: Don’t force it.

I pay homage to a true original, Lena Horne, who died today at the age of 92. Coco Chanel once said that a woman needs to be only two things: classy and fabulous. Throw in talented, fiery, original, beautiful and you have Ms. Lena.

For years, I have been pining for a Proper Home Library. (By “Proper Home Library,” I mean an entire wall stocked neatly with books of beautiful prose and thought-provoking tomes, and a beautiful upholstered reading chair befitting a smartypants glamourpuss like me.) But in all the ways I’ve imagined it, I never dreamed up anything like this…

Since everyone and their waitress/porn star/white supremacist lover is claiming an addiction these days, I feel safe sharing mine. I’m a Dress Addict. No rehabilitation on the horizon. I just can not get enough. And though I loved that denim phase (as in, Cute Top + J Brands + Killer  Heels. Repeat.),  I am [...]

Her blackberry? Orphaned on the Starbucks counter. For your Forgetter friend, forgo the Franklin Coveys at gift time in favor of something truly memorable.