Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of The Bell!
I was one of those unlucky people who was supposed to get married in 2020 and postponed. Twice. As a result, I sent out a new Save-the-Date card three different times: the original date, the first postponement, and the actual date we got married: May 1, 2021.
Because of the entire extra year of engagement, I also got an extra year of wedding planning—and changed my mind during that time about a lot of the things I had planned before. (Fortunately the groom was not one of them!)
Maybe because our guests were so inundated with our Save cards over the course of a few months, whose date kept changing but design stayed the same, it became a real touchstone for the vibe of my wedding.
So much so that when my mom and I were considering other decisions, we’d ask each other, “But does it match the Save card???”
It was part joke, part serious—but either way, the shade of blue on my Save card became a through line for my wedding and the surrounding showers and other events.
Somewhere along the way, I completely fell in love with the color and started wearing it and using it everywhere. I bought a light blue handbag (similar here), pajamas, and swimsuit. I even painted my bathroom, bedroom and a handful of doors in my current apartment light blue.
It was a little bit hard to find in 2020/2021—I was over the moon when this shade of the Loeffler Randall Camellia Pleated Bow Heel landed on the market—but suddenly in 2024, pale blues ranging from dusty French blue to bright Cornflower to lavender-y periwinkle are everywhere.
So, even though I don’t focus on shopping in this newsletter anymore, I’m making an exception for the proliferation of my favorite color.
Here’s my roundup of my favorite light blue pieces I’ve seen across the internet lately! My heart is adding every single one of them to cart.
Are you as obsessed with this shade of blue as I am? Has your eye been spotting it all over the place? Are you ordering any of the above? Let me know!
xx Jane
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Jane - the beautiful shades of Blue were all lovely especially your Pre-nuptial dress and those stunning silk shoes🩵💙oh and the “Save the Date” Cards, all a Pleasure to Receive💙🩵💙🩵
Omg I’m so excited about this! I’ve been wanting clothes in this exact color but bemoaning my inability to find pieces. Can’t wait to try some of these. I had knee surgery this morning and am feeling emotionally fragile so this is a nice spirit lifter. Thank you.