Have Nearly Entire Hermès Scarf Wardrobe Will Travel...

I've received a few inquiries about my Parisienne wardrobe. Now, if ya'll kindly recall, I was given less than an hour to be, showereddressedpackedforparisandinthecar in Babe's "get outta Dodge during a raging blizzard" strategy. There was no thought involved. I packed...with sheer instinct...

Nearly my entire wardrobe of Hermès scarves including a Plisse, Pochettes, and a wee pile of 90's. Lone Twilly, left at home, holding down the scarf basket fort

Half a suitcase full of Ralph Lauren cashmere sweaters

J. Crew black trousers, black Pixies, black Minnies annnd black Majestic leggings

Waaay too many dresses

All the usual shoe suspects made the cut (Belgians, Ferragamos, fresh outta the box Viviers...) but, Babe and I can not sing the praises of the Blundstone/Patagonia mid-weight skiing and hiking sock combo loud enough. Uuup and dooown Rue du Fauboug Saint-Honoré, hooours traipsing through the Louvre, Hermès store hopping, right bank, left bank, right bank, annnd...not even once were our footsies tired or cold. Nooow, next year, I hope to have a pair of tall black equestrian boots in my arsenal but, that's an item that's being put on the summersjustaroundthecorner back burner...

I think Amy and her mother suspected me of having a clown car suitcase of coats. I was so scared off by the "puffer" backlash that I opted for mink, Persian lamb, boiled wool, waxed canvas and strong armed the B² long, black wool wrap coat right off of my sister Mandy's back on Christmas Eve (Ladurée apology soon followed). And, sure enough, all those annons were right, those Moncler's would have looked down their French noses at the Searle. Add that to the packing wish list, along with the black boots and draped in Alhambra saysyoubelongattheRitz, for next year...

Kindness of Diane Francis and Stephanie Shockley DeMallie of Gracie in Easton, MD for the Claridge + King Tuxedo shirt which, paired with black Majestic leggings and an Hermès scarf, was theee perfect flying outfit. And, Amy, who spied a French woman on her flight take the Hermès scarf from her neck and refashion it into a sleep mask. I am SOOO adding that to my bag o'tricks...XXOO