On my way to Australia this year I stopped off in India for a month.  Like many other countries in Asia, India is humid, hot & sweaty. It's also conservative, so wearing skimpy tops & shorts isn't safe or appropriate - good news for us women of a certain age…

Meanwhile, here are a few of the fashion shots we managed to get in NYC.  Not many of the Advanced Style type ladies around as it was Thanksgiving and most of them were out of town.  But I did catch up with Tziporah Salaman & my great friend from Tokyo, designer Yoppy, of Little Sunny Bite…

I wanted to share with you what I packed for my recent trip to New York because it would work as well for anyone going away for the Christmas break, to a similar climate, if you're travelling by train or 'plane and can't take a lot of baggage. 

Regular readers will know I am really into colour but for a capsule wardrobe for five days of smart, casual, parties, and mixed weather, nothing works better than monochrome with the odd flash of colour. I managed to get 5 different looks into a small carry on case…