Nannette Brown

Good Women For all you mothers in the world, Happy Mother’s Day this week. And for all you female goddesses–amazing mentors, role models–happy day too! Now for my small u-turn— I appreciate Mother’s Day, I really do. So don’t hate me when I say this–but Mother’s Day feels like another Easter Sunday to me. A little too much of same, too soon. There, I said it. If you know me, this will come as a pretty big surprise, because no one loves tradition more than me. And no one loves mother figures,...

If You Know, You Know. You can say a lot of things about fashion, but one thing is undeniable: we all engage with it on some level. Whether you love it, follow the seasons, know the major houses, watch the runways, track street style—or couldn’t name an up-and-coming designer if your life depended on it—you still wear clothes. And clothes, at their core, are driven by two things: utility and fashion. Which has always fascinated me, because it’s really not either/or. It’s more of a spectrum....

The Sum Of Our Parts I really believe love is at the heart of life’s meaning. It’s pretty much everything—including what you do, pursue, and embrace in life. Love is a relationship. And it’s not just with people. It’s a relationship with ourselves, but also, importantly, a relationship with everything we pursue and engage with, because these things, as much as anything, become us. If you want to live the fullest life—one that optimizes you to your greatest potential—nothing could be more true...