drawer white dresser IKEA SONGESAND 6-drawer dresser, white, 63 3/8x32 1/4 Tall and lean Basilea Narrow Dresser with 5

For example, instead of your Glen Plaid jacket, opt for your solid color blazer if youre wearing a checked dress shirt

Deep ivory

And she told the story of an upper class British woman who remarked in shock, "I talked to a shop girl !" The young woman was so well dressed that the British woman had mistaken her for someone of a higher class because her ready-to-wear was so well fitted

Plus, wearing them brings back vacation memories

This was actually for my grandmas 80th birthday party, but I could not give up the opportunity to finally wear this absolutely stunning vintage lace dress (and let me tell you, the ladies LOVED IT)

Conscious shopping is something Ive adopted too in the past eight and a half years since moving to Paris, and its also incidentally something I write about in my new book, Practising Parisienne: Lifestyle Secrets From the City of Lights , which is out now