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2024 is the Year Of The Dragon, believed to bring luck, power, wealth, and strong leadership skills, but what’s in the stars for your zodiac sign for the glittering year ahead? Star astrologer Alice Bell shares what’s in the stars including fashion personality and colors to embrace, and the styles she’s wearing all year long.

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A look inside our celebration of the incredible women that make our community what it is, complete with a flower filled breakfast that kicked off Women’s History Month.

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With woven lines in vivid color, a tartan pattern can add just the right amount of detailing and texture to your look. Our curated collection plays into some of tartan’s most popular evolutions, from the Royal Stewart tartan, the personal favored by Queen Elizabeth II, to the cheeky Chambridge, a bright and colorful checked palette.

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We are joined by tastemaker, style icon, and woman who knows how to live life with a certain joie de vivre Mary Everard of Mary & Crew. From the best place to go antiquing to her favorite restaurants–think: mouth-watering menus with a touch of glam–, Mary gives us an inside scoop to one of the chicest communities–Palm Springs, California.

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Here at J.McLaughlin we have a thing for prints, especially gingham. It doesn’t get more classic than this iconic checked pattern. Gingham is one of our mainstays and is almost always in our collections in one version or another. Not only does it look great, but it has an interesting history that just adds to its inherent charm.

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The 10 gifts our CEO Mary Ellen Coyne is gifting this holiday season.

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When it comes to the modern founders and visionaries of today they wear many hats and this is absolutely the case with this month’s Of The Moment profile—Luxury communications founder, strategic adviser, style maven, art expert, and fragrance entrepreneur Veronica H. Speck. Veronica talks everything from reading Charlotte Brontë to her favorite NYC hot spots to the J.McLaughlin styles she plans to wear this summer.

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Nothing says “fall” like pulling on a blazer, a pair of denim, and topped off with a scarf. Fall staples include warmer clothing that can be layered to perfection, often in deeper, darker hues. Take it from tastemaker Sarah Tucker, who shares some of her favorite fall pieces from our new arrivals.