Coats Off? Packing for Rome and Sicily

I’m still wearing my wool coat — with a scarf! — here in Vancouver, but we’ll be in Rome next week and Sicily by the end of the month. I’m trying to balance practicality and a bit of research with dreams of summer heat and the temptations of my warm-weather wardrobe. What will go in this carry-on?

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Three Weeks, Three European Cities, One Carry-On . . . packed with a nod to “Slow Fashion”

As gimmicky and clichéd as a visit to Rome’s Bocca da Verita (Mouth of Truth) might be. . . . when Nana and Granddad have a day in Rome with a Seven, a “willing suspension…

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Back Home, Thinking About Clothes and Travel and Slow Fashion. . .

Back from three weeks in France and Italy, I’m happy to wear some old and new favourites again — and thinking about what I learned from living out of my carry-on wardrobe once again. Let’s just say that my commitment to Slow Fashion is stronger than ever. . . and that doesn’t have to mean a sacrifice.

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Getting Dressed (and Beginning to Pack!) as the Weather Cools and the World Turns . . .

So, you might have read in earlier posts that we’ve made plans to head to Europe in a few weeks. I’m not saying much about that here yet, simply because travel is still fraught these…

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Airport Time. . . All Packed. . . Ready for TakeOff

I’m heading to the airport in about ten minutes, but the pieces in the outfit above are not coming with me. . . . These are. . . If you’re curious about what else is…

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