Wednesday: maize Prada pumps

Okay, just this past weekend there was still snow on the ground. Yesterday it hit 77 degrees! What gives?! But I’m not complaining that March is going out like a lamb. Spring has sprung — and boy am I happy that I can finally put away my wooly tights!

Instead, I’m planting the seeds now for a colorful spring. I’ve got prints on my mind: Missoni Sole Long-Sleeve Blouson

And florals: Peter Som Wavy Floral Bell Sleeve Shirt

I’m packing for my move this weekend — and I think I might even throw caution to the wind and pack up all my winter sweaters first. Now that’s confidence!

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Tuesday: Manolo brown mules

It’s March 20 — the vernal equinox — and there’s snow on the ground in New York City. Not what I was hoping for the beginning of spring! Still, by the calendar anyway, it’s that in-between time of the year, when (hopefully) you can put away your winter coat, but it’s too early to commit to a full spring/summer wardrobe. I mean, I’m all about the yellow now, but will I still be in June?

So I’m going to start slowly. I know I will need a spring coat, and this Valentino trench coat is pretty great — a classic wardrobe staple, with a bit of edge. Love the 3/4 sleeves too.

I also love this Fendi B. Fendi Canvas Shoulder Bag. There’s my touch of yellow!

Finally, there’s this Chloe pleated blouse and khaki skirt — would this make me look like a Girl Scout? Who cares? Bring on the badges!

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Thursday: brown Valentino slingbacks

Though my two sisters are 5 and 6 years older than I am, my mom used to sometimes dress us alike when we were kids. When we weren’t wearing identical pinstripe burgundy velvet overalls–dude, it was the ’70s–we wore long calico hippie dresses that did allow for some individuality: My oldest sister got it in red, my middle sister wore it in blue, and mine was yellow. Yellow was my favorite color when I was a kid, and though I shunned it when I reached high school (the sunny hue just didn’t go with my Goth lite all-black look and attitude), I’ve embraced it again… in moderation.

But then came Michelle Williams’s Oscar dress last year, and Naomi Watts’s dress this year… and this spring, suddenly… helloooo, yellow!

Don’t worry, I’m not going to go crazy and go all yellow this season. But you might as well start at the bottom, and to me these Christian Louboutin gold satin slingback espadrilles are the perfect foundation for spring!

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Tuesday: yellow linen Gunmetal peeptoes

Daylight Savings is here early this year and — hello, 60 degree weather… heck, I’ll take 50 degrees! — I’m so ready for spring. Spring cleaning, though? Not so much. It’s a painful rite of passage into warm weather that I always dread just a little. And this year it’s even worse: I’m moving apartments after eight years. That’s eight years of hunting and gathering. It doesn’t matter that I make a donation to Goodwill at least twice a year. The bingeing definitely outweighed the purging in my household.

So desperate times require desperate measures. I’ve been on a cleanout of epic proportions. Usually I’m like a benevolent ruler, handing out pardons like it’s Thanksgiving. Sure, I haven’t worn those Prada stretch wool, wide-legged trousers in five years, but hey, you never know when I might grow a few inches and look a little less dumpy in them. This time? No mercy! GONE! I think I’m cool with it now, while everything is still sitting in bags in my foyer, but the minute I carry the bags down to the Goodwill… As soon as I feel like I’m taking my precious buys to be sold into… well, not slavery, but maybe indentured servitude… Well, I just don’t know what I might do!

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Tuesday: cranberry Louboutin pumps

I’ve long faced up to it: Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been a sucker for new beauty products. Not only did I always want to be the first one on my block to try a new item or color, but I have to admit that most of my choices were based on how the products were packaged. I think it started with my mom’s Coty lipsticks — you know, the ones with the white and gold powder-puff print (designed by the Ballet Russes set designer Leon Bakst, no less) on the packaging. It was pretty and bright and colorful, and well, it spoke to me. And guess what? I still go for the sparkle.

I love the look of the YSL lip twins duo, which is a bauble in itself. You could practically wear it on a long chain.

The cellophane-wrapped glass atomizers in the Bond No. 9 Bon-Bon Box look like Christmas crackers . . . which meant that they were a perfect gift from me to me this holiday season. The set doesn’t even contain my favorite Bond fragrance, New York Fling, but hey, I had to have those bon bons!

Finally, I’ve been obsessed with the Guerlain Meteorites (available in loose powder form and in a compact) just because they’re so purdy. I finally bought both forms last year but I still don’t even know what the Meteorites look like on — I don’t want to crush the lustrous little orbs!

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