introducing osrts.keypieces.

I am forever talking about wardrobe basics, probably because I'm so dependent on them myself. I narrow down the closet every six months, and when it inevitably fills up again, I re-narrow. Of course, every "narrowing" reveals a larger leftover wardrobe, but the idea is one I'm not willing to give up.

One day, I will have the perfect closet: easy, beautiful basics, each one perfectly suited to the next. I dream of picking out a blazer here, a blouse there, a pair of jeans, a pretty bag, a scarf and a pair of shoes with my eyes closed. I'd like to come home at the end of the day, slip into a dress, pull out a trench and wear both with the same shoes I wore all day. Essentially, I want everything to go together, and I want each one of the pieces to be clean and timeless (after all, what's the point if I have to keep narrowing once I achieve this dream?).

Style doesn't have to be all fuss and muss. It can really be about key pieces.

And so, in an effort to refocus both our shopping efforts and our daily getting-dressed routines, my sister, Sarah, and I are introducing osrts.keypieces, a sister site to OSRTS dedicated to scouting out beautiful basics, looking at ways to wear them, finding out which ones are the favorites of readers and fellow bloggers, and sharing what we do with them once we add them to our own closets.



Of course, along the way, we'll likely be lamenting a little that we both often have to wait for pretty things--while, as Sarah puts it, we aren't destitute, we do have to shop smartly. We'll touch in with our various modes of saving, but that's part of any key piece: Each is an investment of the truest order, and, for those who may fear we're going materialistic, let me just say there are few pieces in every wardrobe that hold the emotional value like those you for which you saved, those you earned, those you thought you might never have but do. Because you love them. Because they make you feel beautiful. Because you wear them.

Because they're the key pieces.

Come join us. Let us know what your key pieces are. Show us what you do with them. Just click on the logo there to the left to head to the site, and if you'd like, we'd love you to add us to your RSS feeds. I'll be sure to let you know here when a new post is up there (visit now to read Sarah's inspiration for this project, which was her brilliant idea) and we'll check in there with what's happening over here, too.

We hope you're as excited as we are.

As always, we love you.