While everyone else is looking for a man in finance, I have personally been looking for a friend in fashion- plus one, black tie, same size. I’ve spent most of my adult life wondering how I can get invited to more galas and fewer hikes. Take this as my manifestation that 2025 is the year I make it to more balls! Specifically the Met Gala, but I’ll settle for a charity event that takes place in an elevated event space. At least one single chandelier must be present, and I’ll need to wear elbow-length gloves. I will design my own dress, retain all of my ribs, and when people see what I wear they will immediately get it. I won’t play it coy, but I will play it cool as the perfect costume is unique, clever, and sexy, a concept I stand by every single Halloween.
In the meantime, you can find me here talking about hypothetical balls in pursuit of fashion friends who don’t live anywhere near me. A girl can and should always dream!
You get it. So does Hilary. It’s time for The DM, 73!!!!
From Meg
Reading/Watching:
Annie Kreighbaum and her new substack, All Of My Opinions Are Your Own. Who is she? Oh, just the old VP of Brand Development at a little company called Glossier. When it comes to creativity- she quite literally wrote the playbook. And if you’re a creative looking for a savant’s take on the process— she’s b-a-n-a-n-a-s (in a good way).
The Idea of You: I read the book, and I thought the adaptation was pretty good. I didn’t like that they made Solène into a crunchy Boulder type. The Solène in the book would literally never drive a Subaru or wear a peasant top OR GO CAMPING BY HERSELF but I suppose it’s a small complaint in the grand scheme of book to TV adaptations. 8/10
Lathering up on: Green bananas. Follow me here, but the coolest skincare brand hosted the coolest launch party at the coolest new hotel for their new greeeeeeen banana buffing bar. Yes, my friends, that’s a weekend-long party in Grand Cayman for a bar of soap. F meeeee, so brilliant. I drank the Kool-Aid, I bought the soap, I am so soft, the end.
On that note: A row of bananas is called a hand, and each individual one is called a finger. The more you know.
Speaking of citrus: Feels like a Devon move to buy a subscription this chic.
Dinner party trick: If I did order the above, I’d use it to make a very cool tablescape. A screenshot from a recent Ceremony email if you too would like to get funky with some fruit—
And finally, three yellow things ripe for the taking…
A vintage 90’s Prada matching set. I don’t mind saying I would absolutely murder a dance floor (and by that I mean an al fresco day date) in this outfit. My birthday is next week if someone is looking for a gift…
This Soeur x Cafe Leandra polo top!! The polo is going to be big into the fall (frat bros, your moment is pending) and Soeur is a gorgeous French brand. This will sell out, go, go.
Just bought this Soft Services refillable retinol hand creme which doubles as a cute nightstand/jewelry stand. I mostly bought it for the look, but if it turns out to make my hands that of an 18-year-old hand model, so be it!
From Devon
Making: anything that pairs with my new favorite sauce of the moment; apricot ginger scones, which, for those of you who claim to ‘hate scones,’ will definitely turn you to the other side; and rosemary palomas.
Nerding out: over my new citrus juicer, which is clutch for making patches of the aforementioned palomas. (And, not that I needed any justification, but it’s also a good excuse for me to pull the trigger on ordering Meg’s subscription rec above…)
Contemplating: another set of my favorite travel pouches, in a different print, because you can never have too many little bags amiright?
Absolutely obsessed with: these watermelon chamoy gummi rings. Oh my gawd, they are so good and so addictive, so eat them at your own risk! Find them in the bulk area at Sprouts, or just do future you a favor and get the 32 oz. value size pack.
Will be wearing: this, these, and this all summer, so sorry, not sorry in advance for being an outfit repeater!!
Daring you: not to drive with the windows down and sing at the top of your lungs to this playlist.