I was travelling all last week. It was my favorite sort of big, adventurous road trip and for those of you who know me, it’s not uncommon. The original travel plan was to take me to New York City and then on to Boston. All business, mind you. However, I’m easily lured by temptation and while I was in New York I received and accepted an invitation to Southampton for a little fun with friends. Boston, you will just have to wait.
On Saturday, when it was time to head for Chicago, the day dawned perfectly bathed in brilliant sunshine. I have the most amazing adventures when left to wander as I please, and thus, decided to take the long way home. My first stop was a Jack Rogers trunk show in Sag Harbor to see my friend Steven Stolman.
Sag Harbor exudes pure Americana, and Sylvester & Company is perfectly suited to the locale and to hosting a trunk show. Located on Main Street and billing itself as a contemporary general store, it offers home furnishings and houses a wonderful coffee bar that serves up thier their own special “Dreamy Coffee”. Steven contends that if you haven’t tasted Dreamy Coffee, you really haven’t tasted coffee at all and I concur.
Exquisite chocolates in the goodie case called to me with their siren’s song but I resisted.
Steven and I met at a private sale in Boston years ago. The sale itself wasn’t much to talk about but the friendship I fell into there certainly is. Steven Stolman beacame the first, and still the best, retail customer that QoC ever had. Six years later, I am lucky to count this extremely talented man amongst my friends. He is generous, gracious and is the embodiment of sprezzatura. So, when I saw that invitation announcing the Sag Harbor trunk show, I knew where the road would take me.
Steven is now the Creative Director for Jack Rogers. Who could better update the look of Palm Beach chic that brands this label? Not another soul, really. And he has done a stellar job. The line is true to it’s original DNA but completely modern and elegantly simple. I’m crazy for the guipure lace tunics that incorporate the signature JR roundel. When is the next cutting, Steven? I’ll take two — black and white, please.
I have been wearing Jack Rogers classic sandals since high school but everything was so fresh and great looking that I couldn’t help by a pair (or two, or three). You can find these shoes on www.jackrogersusa.com and the bedazzled style at www.saks.com
I bought these
And these (in white)
and these
