On dressing for oneself

The most elegant women in the world understand something simple: what is worn beneath sets the tone for what is worn above.

There is a psychology to lingerie that resists articulation. It is not about seduction. It is about self-regard. About taking the private minutes of the morning as seriously as the ones the world will see.

Ravishing is not something you become when you leave the house. It is something you already are, quietly, from the very first hook.