Dream Weaver

I’m more well-rounded than people think. I’m not just about shoes. I like handbags and sweaters too.

Case in point: my magnificent obsession with Irish cashmere designer Lainey Keogh.

Now, I’m no fashion newbie—I’ve covered the couture, I’ve dined with Donatella—and yet something about Lainey’s ultra-luxe, made-to-order cashmere designs makes me weak in the knees (and lighter in the wallet). I’ve spent hours at her Dublin studio, trying on samples and drowning in all the different patterns and colors from which I can order… And back at home, many a time have I poured over the look book, lovingly stroking the cashmere color swatches… As much as it breaks my heart to have to choose, I finally get up the courage to commit. I put in an order… and then I wait, wait, wait—for months!—while Lainey’s wooly women whip up my next prized possession.

I’m currently in the obsessively-studying-photos phase of the buying cycle. I can’t decide between an embroidered coat

or a brocade-patterned cardigan.

And in beige and white, or peach and cream? Gold embroidery, or another color? My sister and I have exchanged endless IMs debating the relative merits of each. In each photograph she took at the trunk show, we see more options hidden in the background! More styles we didn’t see before, hanging on a hidden rail, more fabulous colors! The indecision!

Of course, summer’s here and not even the iciest air conditioning can really justify wearing a cashmere anything. And yet I dream, I dream…

      
      

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