In fact, with posts about family life on the farm interspersed with musings on high fashion, style icons, and design inspiration, I'm even more smitten with the space. The juxtaposition of pet chickens and Chanel that came out of Amanda's move across the pond feels fun and fresh and wholly unique (a rarity in the style blog world for sure). In between all the good weather ogling and magazine reading and noshing with pals last weekend, I caught up on Amanda's blog and promptly fell back in love. When she left her job to move to the English countryside for a year with her family, she resumed blogging (which I just discovered last week.somehow I just didn't think to check).

I've been a fan of I Love Your Style for a while, and was supremely bummed to see Amanda stop blogging when she took her post as fashion director at Barneys. Such is my love for Amanda Brooks' blog, I Love Your Style (her book of the same name is also rather awesome), that I've done just that. In I Love Your Style, Amanda helps women of all ages begin to cull through the frighteningly vast world of fashion, from its staid basics to its trendiest. This book includes the parts of Always Pack a Party Dress I loved so much: the reflections on life in Amanda's refreshingly authentic voice.įor even more inspiration, Amanda has now opened a whimsical shop in the Cotswolds, Cutter Brooks.In the history of my 'Loving' posts, I don't think I've ever devoted one to a single topic.until today. Farm from Home is a more personal look at her life on the farm, with a healthy dose of style. After leaving her role as Fashion Director of Barneys, Amanda packed up her fashionable life in NYC and moved to a rural cottage in the Cotswolds. Before I finished, I had a copy on the way to my sister in New York, who I knew would love it as much as I did.įortunately, Amanda has published another book, Farm from Home. I loved the humor and humility she brought to her experiences, and I tore through the book in less than a week (to the detriment of sleep). Amanda's stories about her career in fashion captured me, and her wise reflections hit a chord. The reviews were great and the subject seemed like something I'd like, but I didn't expect to fall in love. A couple years ago, I picked up a copy of Amanda Brooks' book Always Pack a Party Dress.

I love your style by amanda brooks