Strip the outfit to its parts and most are simple. There is one thing she would never leave without, and it is not her sunglasses.
It is the bag
Not a new one each season. A small number of very good bags, carried until the leather goes soft and beautiful with use.
One bag carries the whole look
A linen dress and sandals turn considered the moment a real leather bag is on the shoulder. It reads as a decision.
One good one beats five of-the-moment
A single excellent bag costs almost nothing per use and looks better the more it is worn. Five novelty bags just crowd the closet.
The piece you are never not wearing
It sits at the edge of every outfit, every photo, every walk to the car. Spend well there and you spend well on all of it.
One good bag, carried daily
See the bags Maria carries.