PRETTY THINGS BLOG

* Short note before we begin: there are many different ways to look put together. This is just one example; I will write about others in...

I turned on my air-conditioner for the first time this year. This is nature's (and technology's) signal for me to go through my closet...

... and sometimes you learn. Having just parroted one of the more cliched phrases of the moment (but one I still love!), let me try...

If you - like most of the Western world - have recently entered the realm of online meetings, you have surely encountered an abundance of...

Looking in the mirror as I was getting changed yesterday (ironically, into exercise clothes), I was a little shocked to catch a glimpse...

I'm a saver. When I was a child, I'd save my Halloween candy until it was beyond stale. Summer would arrive, and I'd still have some...

Walking downtown, one beautiful, sunny Jerusalem morning, I noticed a woman coming towards me. She must have been in her sixties and she...

"Never shop for groceries while hungry." This is invaluable advice. When we're hungry, everything is appealing to us, even the inedible...

Fashion designers design the clothes. Manufacturers make them. Stores sell them. You buy them. ... And sometimes after you've...

When you get dressed in the morning, do you find yourself grabbing those same jeans or goes-with-everything skirt, and pairing it with...

We tend to be drawn toward particular items of clothing and to purchase those same items again and again. How do we avoid doing this?

Are you trendy? What's the difference between a fad, a trend and a classic? Do you rush to buy new trends, or do you prefer to wait?

Fluctuations in body weight are normal and nothing to beat yourself up over. But how do you dress when you no longer know your own body?

When I was young, we spent our summer weekends at our country house, where my best friend also had a house nearby. Our families would go...