I just got back from a walk with my kids around a local pond. When I say "around," I really mean part way around. It got muddy and I was wearing slip-on flat-type sneakers and a sun dress. On the way back to the car, we sat at a little picnic table looking at the pretty pond and the vista beyond. And I was thinking about how hard it is to feel like you look good when it's humid.
So I wasn't surprised that the ladies at WhoWearWhat were thinking the same thing. They were featuring the fashion in that classic Elizabeth Taylor/Paul Newman movie Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. There, of course, was a lot of slip wearing - which always looks cool - but also fabulous white dresses, crisp blouses, open necked shirts for the men (or roomy pajamas...NOTE: I have a coworker who is wearing a Calvin Klein pajama top as a summer shirt - love that). And, of course, there were lots of cool beverages - mint juleps? Or was it bourbon on ice?
Here's my advice: Go out to a men's store (Ralph Lauren? Tommy Hillfiger? Macy's men's dept?); by a pair of pajamas - roomy, cool, pastel, cotton; get home and set up a fan with a big bowl of ice cubes in front of it; turn the fan on; put on just the pajama top; and sit back with a book and a gin and tonic. Mission accomplished. Heat Chic.
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