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How to Get Wrinkles Out of Linen: Four Ways, and When to Leave Them

Dampen it and let warmth do the work. Shower steam, a handheld steamer, a spray bottle, or an iron used damp on the reverse. Four methods for getting wrinkles out of linen, how to iron it without g...

Bali Wedding Dress: Having One Made in Bali, What It Costs, and How Long It Takes

You can have a wedding dress made in Bali two ways: a tailor copying a photograph, or a label making its own patterns to order. What each really costs, how long it takes, what linen does in the hea...

What to Wear to a Christening or Baptism: The Guest, the Mother, and What to Skip

What to wear to a christening is a midi or full length dress in a quiet colour, shoulders covered, hem at or below the knee. What the guest wears, what the mother wears, the six things to leave at ...

Linen Duster: What to Look For, and How It Differs From a Kimono or a Jacket

A linen duster is an open, unstructured, full length layer with no closure, worn for line rather than warmth. What to check on weight, length, shoulder and hem before you buy, and how a duster diff...

Destination Wedding Dress: What to Wear, How to Pack It, and When to Order

  The Edit · Occasion Dressing · Destination Weddings The dress has to get on a plane first the dress has to get on a plane before it gets down an aisle. A destination wedding dress is a gow...

What Is Made to Order Clothing? How It Works, How Long It Takes, and Why It Costs More

The Edit · Before You Buy · Made to Order Nothing here exists until you ask for it the first question we get is almost never about the fabric. it is some version of: so where is it right n...

Dressing With Intention Through Retrograde Season

Saturn loves a full moon, and it loves the retrogrades too. Here is how to move through a season of revisiting and starting over with intention, and the botanically dyed linen playsuit that lifts t...

What to Wear to an Engagement Party: The Guest Guide, and What to Skip

An engagement party asks for cocktail dressing, one step above a good dinner out and a clear step below the wedding itself. Guests should avoid white, ivory and pale blush, which photograph as brid...

Cruise Wear for Women: What to Pack, What to Skip, and What Works for Formal Night

Cruise wear for women is a small wardrobe of breathable, packable pieces that each work twice. Eleven pieces in linen or ramie, around twenty outfits, every dress code on board, and what to wear on...

Gifts for the Woman Who Has Everything: What to Give, and What She Actually Keeps

The best gifts for the woman who has everything are the things she cannot buy twice. Four handmade pieces she will keep, what not to give, and why a made-to-order gift will not arrive for December.