Cartoon Clouds

KITTY CAT: Orla Kiely 'Cloud' dress (shop HERE). Miu Miu Mary Janes.

Colors flash around me at the new Kate Spade shop on Madison, a townhouse suffused with her signature rainbow quirk. Stayed calm in Orla Kiely's organza shift dress, floating with clouds across a midnight moon.

Annie Oakley

*Maje 'Loyal' jacket. See by Chloé dress (last worn HERE). Karen Walker sunglasses. / Lover 'Disciple' dress.*

Cherry blossom viewing party in a 70s wallpaper dress & fringed suede jacket (bought black instead of taupe one in lookbook, less dry cleaning). Studying Japanese prints in a frilled shirtdress. Next stop, Edo Period.

EAST-WEST GOLDEN CHILD PALM TREE-HUGGER: Madewell 'Patrice' & Zara tops. Topshop 'Amber' jumpsuit. Penelope Chilvers 'Dandy' slippers. / Marc by Marc Jacobs dress (last worn HERE).

Daisy Buchanan

BEAUTIFUL FOOL: pas de calais dress. Gucci loafers.

My beloved Black Parrot in Maine delivered a diaphanous dress with Gallic Japanese vibes (shop HERE). Mother's Day brunch at Mercer Kitchen & Prada, where we worshipped gowns in The Great Gatsby exhibit.

APPLE & THE TREE: Mom & I serendipitously sported similar patent leather loafers, mine are shinier.

Portrait of a Lady

ELOISE: Orla Kiely dress (shop HERE). Valentino flats.

I like being prim! My navy silk blouson frock with frilled neck is embroidered with daisies. Worn with crystal lace slippers & Eloise's purse. This tote took me to prom & tonight's my high school reunion, memory in a bag.

Hunting Rabbits

BUNNY: Wren dresses. Vintage belt. / Minnetonka moccasins.

Blue camouflage in bandana & tweed. What am I hunting? Tiptoe through woods in Indian moccasins, outlook good for a new pair (preferrably by Wren). Her beaded mocs + darling dresses whisper summer's almost here.

ESSENTIAL: Isabel Marant sweater. In God We Trust skirt (last worn HERE).

Cowboy Kate

CROCODILE ROCK: Christopher Kane x Topshop dress. J.Crew 'Edie' bag. / Isabel Marant 'Lauryn' shirt.

Cowboys & crocodiles in a runway top & T-shirt dress. Ready to slink into my Swiss Family Robinson treehouse, where I ride horses, dance around campfires & sleep under stars while the music lives on.

LOVE STORY: Marc by Marc Jacobs coat. Topshop 'Leigh' jeans (last worn HERE).

Peony

*Orla Kiely 'Ottoman' jacket (shop HERE). Carven x Petit Bateau dress. Charlotte Olympia kitty shoes.*

My peony jacket is the perfect present, tied with a bow. Channeling Oleg Cassini's silk-divine dresses for Jackie Kennedy, with a bow at the waist. We greeted visiting dignitaries for hours at The Harmonie Club in a navy skinny minnie starched collar frock, propriety finally abandoned like a cloud among the lonely daffodils.