Everything is made in Portugal and meets my needs for the dream tablescape: one with personality, that’s easy to mix and match, and can be used year-round.

This time, it features 8 pieces — a sheer mini dress and pencil skirt (which you can style together), grey underwear and a matching tank top (also great together, and under the sheer pieces), a buttery yellow polo, with matching suede Mary Janes to boot (I mean Jane) and the ideal lightweight white cotton pants. 

There is also a silver leather pouch, which looks great when styled with the slip dress or skirt that come with the sheer pieces. (They are arguably better styled on their own!) 
Technically there are 8 garments in this collection, but you get 10.
Happy shopping!

A range of two rings, one with a blue spiral and one with a cheetah. Both are silver plated in 18k gold with enamel work. The cheetah represents one’s fight to go after their thickest desires while the spiral reminds you that time is not linear, it travels within a loop.

So fight, absolutely, but remember the outcome is not a straight line — let go and see what comes.

The collection includes three speckled knits: one light grey crew neck, a pair of charcoal track pants and a v-neck with removable sleeves that becomes a vest. There is also a light brown flare skirt (which I like best styled with pants underneath) and a darker brown dress with a crew neck and rounded, long sleeves.

My two favorite pieces are the red wrap sweater (great for over a dress, or pants without a zip and fly) and the pistachio green cardigan (which pairs well with the brown flare skirt too). Shop the collection here.

Two years ago I went to a lunch in New York that JJ (the founder of La Double J) was hosting to celebrate the launch of a homeware collaboration at Laduree, where the waiters were dressed in La Double J aprons. I suggested she turn them into dresses, to which she suggested we do it together, to which I then rebutted, only if we can add a festive hem and now here we are, two years later.

At the same time, I had recently connected with an Italian organization called Cooperativa Alice whose mission is to further rehabilitation for incarcerated women in Italian jails. The co-op teaches the women who join Alice how to sew, then employs them as seamstresses for which work they earn a paycheck while they are still serving their sentences.

As fate would have it, JJ was talking to the same coop about what kind of project they could do together and when we put our heads together, we realized this was a great place to start. And even independent of what you get to do when you support this collaboration (support the belief that we all deserve a second chance!), I will be donating a portion of my revshare to the Co-op, which La Double J will match.

And as far as the actual clothing: exactly the espresso shot for the dog days of summer, when you’re hot as hell but still yearn to get dressed, or at least feel like you’re dressed. No better way to wrap yourself up than into an apron.

I met Ana (the owner of Cayumas) last summer on Instagram while we were both in the same coastal town in Spain. We met for an afternoon hang with our families, I tried on her shoes, declared velvet mary janes the ideal bridge shoe between summer and fall, and now here we are, at the onset of our collaboration.

In the capsule you’ll find shades of charmeuse green and periwinkle blue silk on slides that cover the top half of the foot. These mesh perfectly with airy, nightgown style dresses. You will also find the classic Mary Janes in brown or light pink which I like best worn solo with a one-piece bathing suit and button-down shirt as a cover up.

The first is an ivory set that you can wear together with the shirt buttoned up while you’re in a city, or over a bathing suit while beachside. The shorts have an elastic waist band so you can tie them up tight on your waist or low on your hips (my preference these days!).

Second set includes the same shirt in pink and green stripe and the shorts in slimy green, shantung silk.

Love these babies formally with a going out top, casually with a cotton tank or exactly as shown, with a companion button up. They are the perfect summer wardrobe curveball and I am predicting they will almost always result in outfit home runs.

Thanks for listening to that pun. But oh! The bag. Just a little fancy for you and your belongings this summer. Especially good if you’re a practical Patty dying for just a little bit of whimsy.

You’ve got gordal olives stuffed with blanched almonds (the brine includes Meyer lemon, this is not a mistake), pickled apricot brined in a medley that includes saffron (delicious, try it with sparkling water too), mixed nuts (sweet nuts!) candied in ginger and smoked salt.

And my favorite anchovies to wrap around the very best breadsticks on earth, by Yiayia and Friends. There is also a candle that looks like a stick of butter.