MARCH MADE ME DO IT: MY FAVORITES FROM THE MONTH
March is a weird month. We flew right by spring into the 100 degrees of early summer, which meant buying things, bookmarking things, and going down rabbit holes I didn’t really budget time for. That’s kind of my brand, so I’m not too mad about it. This is my little collection of the things that genuinely captured my attention last month. Some practical, some beautiful, some deeply unnecessary in the best way. Let’s get into it.
The LA Chop
I’ve made a lot of salads in my life, and I genuinely love them. If you’re not like me, I don’t really have to convince you this one is exciting because it actually is. The LA Chop is an Italian-sub-meets-summer-lunch situation. Iceberg, radicchio, Genoa salami, two kinds of cheese, pepperoncini, chickpeas, and a lemon vinaigrette that is perfectly proportionate flavor-wise. What I love the most about it is that the chopping is the hardest part. Once you’re done with that, you’re completely done and ready to eat. No stove. No oven. No unnecessary heating of the kitchen when it’s 100 degrees out in March. I’ve made it about 3 times in the last month, and it’s becoming my go-to when I don’t want to think too hard about what to eat.
Maria Grazia Chiuri’s Fendi Debut
This is one of the fashion moments the industry needed. Maria Grazia Chiuri made her debut at Fendi this season after years at Dior, and in a lot of ways, it was a homecoming since she started her career at Fendi in the late ‘80s before eventually becoming the first woman to helm Dior. The collection came with a mantra: “Less I, more us.” And she meant it. Rather than making a big personal statement, she leaned into Fendi’s heritage with furs, the Baguette, and the craftsmanship, and brought real intention to it. The Vogue coverage is a worthwhile read for how the fashion industry is receiving this shift. It’s a palate cleanser, as the headline says. Fashion could use a few more of those. A few of my favorite looks are above, and I. am. obsessed.
Apothekary Rose-Tinted Glasses
The name of this sold me a little, not going to lie. Rose-Tinted Glasses is a mood-support tincture from Apothekary made with adaptogens like lion’s mane and schisandra berry, designed to give you a calm, clear, lifted feeling without the alcohol or the aftermath. I’ve been adding a dropper to sparkling water in the afternoons as a little ritual reset or taking a drop in the morning. It’s actually something I’ve actually started looking forward to. The flavor is bright and berry-forward, and the concept of a genuinely good-for-you drink that still feels a little indulgent is something I am very here for.
Prada’s Big Month
Prada seemed to pop up everywhere this month, and I was watching. Two things caught my eye. First, their Fifth Avenue flagship in New York is currently undergoing renovation, and instead of hiding it behind generic green construction caging, they turned the scaffolding into an installation. Working with design studio 2×4, they wrapped the building in double-layered semi-transparent scrim paper in signature Prada green that creates a shifting effect depending on the light and viewing angle. At night, internal LED lighting transforms it into something else entirely. It’s a construction as brand expression, and it’s genuinely beautiful.
Then there’s the Prada Days of Summer pop-up at Harrods, running through April, a white, light-filled space that reads more gallery than retail floor. It’s all warm-weather ease: linen, jersey, crochet, practical-yet-polished bags in sand and caramel. The two couldn’t be more different in energy, but together they show a brand that knows how to hold multiple ideas at once, and that range is pretty interesting.
Prada’s Scaffolding is High Art | Prada Days of Summer at Harrods
Caliray Undereye Color Corrector
This one quietly became part of my non-negotiable morning lineup. The Caliray Hideaway Under Eye Color Corrector is one of those products that works the way it’s supposed to. Frankly, that shouldn’t be a high bar, but here we are. It covers, it stays, and it doesn’t crease into oblivion by noon. It is a color corrector, illuminator, and concealer in one. The color correcting is on point. If you’ve been on the hunt for an under-eye concealer that actually does its job without making you look like you’re wearing a mask, this one’s worth your attention.
Kelly Wearstler x H&M Home
This collaboration got me. Kelly Wearstler, one of the most recognizable interior designers working right now, is teaming up with H&M Home for a 29-piece collection of lighting, accessories, and modular furniture. It debuted at Milan Design Week inside Palazzo Acerbi, a 17th-century Baroque palace, which is the kind of staging choice that tells you this isn’t a throwaway collab. The pieces span wood, metal, ceramics, marble, and textiles, and the whole thing officially lands in September. What’s interesting to me is the dichotomy Wearstler herself called out: she loves reaching the collectible design audience, but she also loves the idea of her work being genuinely accessible. The tension is where the most interesting things tend to happen. I’ll be watching this one closely, and you know, buying some, probably.
Davide Groppi’s “One Hour of Light” Exhibition
I had to include this atmospheric one. Italian lighting designer Davide Groppi has an exhibition called One Hour of Light running through May at Volumnia, a gallery set inside a Renaissance church in Piacenza, Italy. The show traces forty years of his work and unfolds through the nave of the church, where geometric white volumes divide the space and lamps hang or rest inside them like torches along a path. Two new pieces were unveiled for the occasion, including VERA (a limited-edition lamp with a holographic bulb that only appears when switched on). It produces direct, indirect, and diffuse light simultaneously. Groppi has said his work is about making light feel like it has emotional and architectural weight. Walking through a space where that’s the entire premise sounds like something I’d happily spend an hour doing.
Japanese Winter Tableware by Yakush
This is the kind of thing I’d absolutely buy if I had a bigger dining table and a justifiable excuse. Ukrainian brand Yakush created a glass tableware collection with vases, bowls, cups, jugs, and candleholders inspired by Japanese winter landscapes and neon-lit city streets. The two colorways are Clear (think diffused light through paper, wind marks on snow) and Neon (the reflection of signage on wet pavement). Made from recycled huta glass using traditional free-blown techniques, each piece is designed to interact with light in a way that makes it feel more like a sculputral object than just a cup. Beautiful in the most considered way.
Kitchen Designs
Sometimes you just need to look at a roundup of beautiful kitchens and let your brain breathe. Archinect’s weekly design roundups are one of my favorite ways to do just that. They curate from architectural projects around the world, so you’re not just looking at the same ten Pinterest kitchens that have been circulating since 2019. This particular roundup had some genuinely fresh directions: interesting material combinations, thoughtful layouts, and lighting as a design element rather than an afterthought. Good brain food if you’re in any kind of design headspace or just need a little inspiration.
Plus Modular Seating System by Francesco Rota for Lapalma
Modular furniture has a reputation for being a little uninspiring. Practical, for sure, but rarely something you’d stop and actually look at. Not me, I love some good outdoor pool furniture and vibes. The Plus System by Francesco Rota for Lapalma is an exception. It’s clean and architectural without being cold, and it has that quality where the flexibility of the system doesn’t come at the expense of the aesthetic. I keep coming back to it because furniture can do more than one thing without looking like it’s trying too hard.
Wrapping Up
That’s March for me. A little bit of everything, which honestly feels right. Some of it is more practical (hi, concealer), some of it is the design-world deep dive material I love, and well, the salad I’ll probably still be making in August. I hope something here sparks something in you or, at the very least, piques your interest.
