Wearing

While I lived in New York, freelancing as a writer and finishing up a BA in Pseudo-Intellectual Masturbation, I had a zoo of vintage fur muffs: sheared rabbit dyed to look like leopard, choco mink, and the wildest wiry black pelt, all lined in satin and interior pockets. Fur muffs are genius: why fumble with gloves and a bag when you could slip in and out of something so chic?

I dig this Sang A fox fur muff for its form and function, though I’m back in Hollywood, where it’s considered a stay-at-home snow day if it rains…

Hating

It’s like these Marc by Marc Jacobs zipper earrings are inviting you to do their wearer a favor and pull them out…

Wearing

So I listen to too much Jay-Z.

Months ago, I had a pinkie ring planned: a white gold square up to my little knuckle, with a “K” lightly hand-etched on.

And then I saw this photo of Coco Chanel.

Of course…

Wanting

Brit footwear designer Kerrie Luft’s trademark are Art Noveau heels, sculpted out of titanium. I love that tornado of a heel paired with the simplest strip of leather. So choice…

Wanting

Nomade Exquis is a collection of fingerprint-unique, vintage jewelry curated by Mo Clancy. Nomade Exquis’s beginnings are as organic as the jewelry vibes: a former trendcaster, Mo started collecting the antique jewelry out of a passion for modernist, brutalist, and biomorphic pieces from the 1950-1970s .

Mo charmed me at lunch months ago. She shared that one of the artists behind Nomade Exquis’s collection used such harsh methods to create his brutalist jewelry that only deaf people could be employed at his factory…

Wearing

I hate being busy with accessories, so I swap between an Hermes Herbag and Kelly Danse, never bother with belts, and only wear the same jewelry every day (a few pieces that mean more than money).

But I’ll make an exception: this vintage Halston scarf pulses like a Rothko painting…

Hating

Tinsley Mortimer’s almost as good a name as Kristopher Dukes.

And I dig it: the lady is a hustler.

But Samantha Thavasa bags blow, and Paris Hilton already conquered that pose and the world of fame for licensing’s sake…

Hating

A replica of an Hermes Herbag? Hermes is low-key luxe, espesh when you skip the posh croc Birkin — yawn — and go quiet canvas. Elegant in its economy, the point of an Hermes Herbag is just enjoying the quality of its craftsmanship, with most no one noticing you’re carrying an Hermes.

True luxury lies in not being motivated by others’ acknowledgement. It’s like a black on black monogram — “KD” in block letters, thank you — somehow its subtlety is more obnoxious.

Then again, how hard is canvas to copy, Muffy…

Wanting

Does Hermes get cuter than this? Carrying my Kelly Danse — in deep chocolate with palladium hardware — as a clutch is choice, but an Hermes Herbag clutch makes a cheeky chic evening bag.

That, or a very expensive makeup pouch.

Pardon me — my Japanese side is showing…

Hating

This Hermes Sac Mallette bag in choco croc with silver hardware has been sold.

Weep with me.

It’s rare to find a Hermes Sac Mallette bag with silver hardware, and the French antique sterling silver’s cold shine against the worn, warm croc is especially choice…