THE LIST: Le Smoking
Let's go shopping, have a two-glass lunch, and finish with a cheeky cig.
Ed note: Today’s letter is brought to you in part by our chic friends (and New York neighbors) at Bergdorf Goodman and Violet Grey.
First of all, WE LAUNCHED ON INSTAGRAM!!
Anyway. Colleen Allen’s stock is ever-climbing. I got one of her moody cloaks in black velvet, and the ability to wear it immediately is a tiny silver lining to the still-chilly weather in NYC.
Just a note to say The Row’s Riaco jeans are perfect.
Juju Vera’s lighter necklace from Moda’s capsule is the first you’re going to see in a long bleat of similar styles. Edie Parker offers one. And I hear Christina Grasso is working on one, as well. (I have been chatting with Dame Lisa Eisner about a custom number, too.) Smoking: so hot right now. Even if you don’t actually smoke.
Speaking of smoking, this cigarette case from Esencial Hogar! Hello! I’m kind of obsessed with Celina’s brain. Also consider this from The Rolling and The Stoned.
If your chosen vice is bubblier and you got it like that, swaddle it in this.
I think vintage Lacroix (Christian, not Pamplemousse) is hot on the heels of Romeo Gigli for a certain breed of vintage collector.
It’s the same breed of girl who was buying Heirlome three seasons ago, while you’re only now being put on.
Have any of you tried the buzzy NAD+ Smartpen from Remedy? I am so curious… is it gonna make my stomach lurch like the IV?
Coco Beach, amirite???? But like also, that’s not a shoe girl, that’s a sh—.
Rohe, keeping it cool as hell.
Have y’all seen these wild HABELO hand gloves at Violet Grey? If we’re just now meeting, I have this thing with my hands. I am obsessed with the identity politics of manicures and study ring stacks like an NYU 2L with 100k of debt on the line. So this is riiiiiiight up my alley. You could use your own hand cream (like Soft Services Retinol, maybe?) or HABELO’s hand serum, specifically formulated for those gloves. (THELOVELIST15)
On my Spring art to-do list: Lisa Yuskavage at David Zwirner, Domenico Gnoli at Lévy Gorvy Dayan, Ruffles and Ribbons at The Frick (thank you for the heads up on this one, A Whimsical World!).
DORSEY TURQUOISE IS BACK (!!!)
^^ (the grail was these)
^^ (but one day I’ll find this in my size too, mark my words)
A tisket, a tasket, your phone demands a basket.
I do declare that the same girls to swoop in on Colleen Allen’s current cloakage will next descend upon Conner Ives’ splendiferous demi-couture coats, preorder now to break them out the second that first leaf drops in the fall.
Friendly reminder that the savviest readers know product excavations drop in THE SHOP first. (It’s like, really good.)
All the girls want the “Nina Park lip” and Mary Phillips’ underpainted complexions. The latter is pretty easy to achieve now that Mary has her own product line. The former is a bit more technique-elusive. I’ve found that a new-to-me line called Finding Ferdinand (gifting Gods, being useful!) makes this sheer blackberry balm-stick situation, which, with a few swashes over a blurred lip line, pulls off the effect in mere seconds.
Diptyque has completely overhauled its packaging. Fear not, we aren’t in “new Coke” territory: it’s the same chic, just tweaked— and now they’ll soon be refillable, too.
Speaking of easy ways to fragrance your house, one of the sneakiest is to wash your linens in something divine like dEdcooL or Glamour Wash (silliest name, best product), then boost it with something low-key drugstore-y, like Downy Boutique Botanicals. Yes, Downy. I like Peonia (duh, Peony) and Folia. Skip the Citrica scent. For New Yorkers who send their laundry out, just throw it in the pickup bag.
I think it’s kind of apropos for Marc Jacobs to stage a comeback somewhat timed with Devil Wears Prada dos and the Met Gala. We got the Marc by Sofia doc (PS Sofia’s beach house!), the summer relaunch of Marc Jacobs Beauty (thank you Kirbie Johnson for that tip!), and the hard-launch seeding campaign for his new THE SCENE bag, which I guarantee you’re going to start seeing everywhere very, very shortly. I like that straight out of the gate, it’s coming in a menagerie of sizes and colors. And the price point, by comparison to a lot of other designer things out there (the medium is $465), isn’t as eye-watering.
Downy and Ruggable, who am I? But honestly, the Ruggable x Scalamandre collab is… pretty rad? Like, I now have one in my living room if you need proof of said radness.
I just got back from the beach, and damn if it isn’t already sweltering in Florida. It sent me down a cheap-and-cheerful rabbit hole in search of cute hot-weather dresses. From the Reformation: this dress, styled with this bag. Or this for a summer wedding! From Ann Mashburn, this ladylike linen shift. And from COS: this cutie pie puff-sleeve, or this super-forgiving white shift — with sleeves, if you prefer.
When your dog is that girl, reach for Biche, founded by Beauty Editor Alexandra Pauly. One of the ways Alex earned her rescue pup Cam’s trust after adopting him was by building a regular hands-on grooming routine. Throughout the process, she quickly realized how lackluster the pet grooming products on the market were. They paled in comparison to the beauty products she constantly tested as an editor. So she fixed that.
DL1961 got the pink jeans memo, too. The wide leg!
And then, slather yourself in this delicious potion from Kindred Black because the ceremony is on the beach!
This, with jeans. A Millennial “going out top”, but less Forever 21 and more Forever 35 due to her doctor and skincare regimen.
I like when Tory Burch does random pops of freaky, like with this bag. But also, did you see she brought your favorite top back in a new colorway?
Behold, the platonic ideal of a white summer dress. Style with these. Or these. Or this.
Met The Vin Store’s (TikTok-famous) Dad at Current Affair and kind of obsessed with this family.
I wish I’d had these for Cowboy Carter.
Wild fantasy alert! GOOD GOD.
And the wildest fantasy of all.
Ok, I have a Ruggable. And it... crunches when you walk on it. I hate it. But you have one in the living room... did they fix that? it it better? Or does it go away with time? Mine is like if you were walking on one side of Velcro. And I wanted it to work so much bc I have a very very naughty poodle.
And now I want a summer cig after some martinis….