What about accessories? Is it better to go younger with accessories or do the same rules apply as with clothes?
“Don’t go younger with accessories. As you get older, accessories are what really pull a look together and makes something sophisticated. Now, rather than look for something that is crazy embellished, I gravitate toward an amazing gold necklace or one great Hermès cuff. I want classic, cool statement pieces that are still young, but not trendy and embellished, or big and fancy.”

What do you avoid in terms of accessories now?
“In my 20s, I used to wear eyelet, rhinestone, bows, girly prints. I just don’t do that anymore in my 40s. I need streamlined. Occasionally, I will splurge on a fun pink shoe, like a Stella McCartney satin sandal, but it will still go with the navy, white, and black in my closet.”

Photographed by Christelle de Castro