For 1 week I wore just 3 items a day. It was a wakeup call.

Welcome to my 3 bean salad week.

[ed. Note: As I write this, huge things are happening in the world. I don’t yet feel equipped to go there. This note is just to say, yes, I am aware, and I am choosing to take a moment — maybe several — in the diversion that personal style can be. That said, as always, please skip what you like, take what you need, come back when you’re ready.]

This week, style wise, felt like a true shakeup. Like jumping into some icy water. Bracing. I think that’s always a good thing. Now I’m out here, drying off and trying to come back to temperature, without losing that feeling.

I wrote about this shakeup here. In a nutshell, dressing using three elements ala Hannah Louise Poston was hard, harder than I imagined. And yet - I liked it. Something is happening inside me, and from what I hear, inside many of you. A new gravitational pull. Toward more, toward less, or toward some variation thereof. If you’d like to talk about it, my friend Rose and I are doing just that, tomorrow on IG Live at 9:30 AM ET.

(BTW If you are outfit planning with me this week, here’s the planning session on IG; theme is also at the bottom of this newsletter.)

Your speed takeaways from the week past: