part 2, where I really break it down — The other day my friend Dina and I met in my closet to do a live on tips for culling. Which we did. And then I realized we hadn’t been live and had been just talking to ourselves the entire time like a pretend talk show. Anyhoo. After take 2…

Not Ms. Manners. Or Ms. Miuccia. Just @heymrssolomon. But here’s what I know. — I recently shared this story from The Cut on the new rules of etiquette that I deemed one of the useful things I’d read in forever. And then my lovely friend Rose @thecreativeclassicist did what she tends to do — i.e, …

Here’s what I know now, after years of running. — I remember the summer before law school when I worked in the shoe department at Ralph Lauren in Philadelphia. My manager said that you never just hand someone a pair of shoes because you’re not selling a pair of shoes. You’re selling the life that you could have in those…

Some things get worse as you age. Some things get better. So here’s a discovery. I like me in bondage(y) wear. You may not. That’s cool. But give me a moment. If you will. Or should I get all dominatrix-y: GIVE ME A MOMENT!!!!! Anyhoo. Back when I was a…

a striped shirt discussion has me wondering — I’ve talked a lot here about “fashion friction” — how until it’s wrong, it’s not right. When they see me in some of what I wear, I’ve expected people to sometimes react like: That’s weird. It’s friction, it’s wrong, so that reaction makes sense. Here’s what I didn’t expect …

Is wanting it right away a “buy it” sign? Or a sign that it’s … blah. — Been thinking about how the best stuff is harder to digest at first. Remember that Sex & the City episode where Carrie finds out Big is engaged and references this moment in The Way We Were: “Your girl is lovely, Hubbell,” says Streisand to Redford, upon meeting his more traditional…

Sale time is here so let’s nail this. — If you follow Tibi, its Style Classes and its CD Amy Smilovic, you know that she breaks pieces in a wardrobe into 3 categories: fundamental/without fails (or “WOFs” — those 4 season, always work pieces), in and outs (you crave them, wear a lot, then put on pause), and the…

The Hey Mrs. Solomon Guide — Miami is where I live, and it’s also at the very fiber of my identity. I’m sure that’s why I’m getting a lot of questions about what to do in Miami, especially as a former East Coaster and especially when winter (wait, what’s that again? Sorry.) is starting to roll…

If I feel uncomfortable — maybe that’s on you. — I never felt much for “manners” until I read something that caught my heart. That the purpose of manners isn’t separating the classes. Or honoring some now needless and dated tradition. The purpose of manners is to make people feel comfortable. Here, I think I dug up the actual quote. …