Elizabeth & Clarke Clothing Subscription

Ladies, your search for the perfect white shirt is over

Elizabeth & Clarke, a quarterly clothing subscription service for women, provides designer tees and blouses without the crazy markups of department stores. Hello, perfect.

Elizabeth & Clarke uses soft jersey, silky cotton ramie, or luxury, stain and wrinkle-resistant fabric blends in all of our shirts in the most essential colors: white, black, and gray. Convenience, value, and style – all on one box.

Why just white shirts?

The white shirt, more so than many items, tends to perform a functional use, rather than make a fashion statement. The idea being that the tee or blouse acts as an accompaniment to a look, one that, hopefully, works with many looks in your wardrobe. By using this line of thinking, we provide a much smaller inventory of pieces, with a much higher quality and far more attentive customer service. We do not multi-task. We do one thing, and we do it well. 

I received these three high-quality, beautiful blouses, but I've lost weight since I provided my size so... Elizabeth & Clarke was gracious enough to provide me with styled photos of others. The blouses are beautiful, but wearing a couple of sizes too big to show you wouldn't do the pieces justice. 

These three pieces are so versatile and can be dressed up, used to layer or worn on their own. It was fun to take these into my closet and start mixing and matching with prints, jewelry, skirts and pants. Everyone needs a few, awesome white shirts. 

I'm looking forward to these great additions to my closet each season. Intrigued? I've listed the subscription options below. 

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Elizabeth & Clarke Subscriptions

Premium Subscription

-3 chic, luxurious blouses or tees for just $20 each.

-For the ultimate clotheshorse. You love Equipment blouses and T by Alex Wang tees. But at $200 a pop, you need something just as beautiful, but much more reasonable.

Signature Subscription

-2 elegant and easy blouses or tees for $25 each.

-You’re busy. You have a career, a bustling social life, and maybe you are also a Mom. You don’t have time to run from H&M to Zara to Club Monaco to Target to find the perfect blouse or tee that will accompany both your pencil skirt and your skinny jeans.

Starter Subscription

-1 perfect tee or blouse for $30.

-You hate to shop. Fashion is just not your “thing,” you have other interests. But, unfortunately, it is still illegal to be naked in public. You need to stock your closet with affordable, essential items that will go with almost everything already in your closet.

I was not compensated for this review. I received three blouses/one quarterly subscription in exchange for my honest review. 

Children Growing up with Terrorism

Brady, 6 months. Copyright Chelsea Hickey

Our children are growing up in a time where terrorist attacks are, in a sense, the norm. Our parents' worries consisted of us being home before the street lights came one and making sure we did our homework. 

I don't blog often anymore, but I just shared this on Facebook and figured I'd share here, too since a lot of you are parents. 

Brady is 26 months old, and in the past 9 months of his life there have been mass-shootings at a movie theater and a school, as well a bombing at the Boston Marathon. 

From my younger years, the Oklahoma City bombing & 9/11 stick out. I remember 3 tragedies in the span of 6 years and Brady has been alive for 3 in 9 months. 

I don't want to get political or super-mom, but I'm sad for the world he's going to grow up in and the frequency of tragedies and always wondering what will happen next and hoping we are safe. 
➙ no need for comments, writing/sharing is my way of clearing my head.

What Adults Need To Know About Teen Drivers

Crashes are the #1 Killer of Teens

Thank you to the Allstate Foundation and National Safety Council for sponsoring this post. Check out Drive it Home, a website by and for parents, dedicated to keeping our teen drivers safe. 


On Thursday, I had the opportunity to attend Drive it Home and I learned a lot, I'm excited to share with you the things I learned that turned an anticipated night of lecture (assumed by me, with no research about the event) into one to remember.  Click here to find a Drive it Home event near you. It's a comical presentation with a lot of educational information.

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Parents want Zombies; Teen Drivers want Freedom

Know-it-all parents (all of us) want to lecture their teens, while the aspiring teen drivers sit on the couch, expressionless, absorbing all of the wise parent's knowledge.

50% of all teens will be in a crash before they graduate high school

I lost 2 friends, and I was in 3 accidents.

Why Teen Drivers Don't Listen

 "I just have to check this email for work really fast, but if I ever catch you on your phone while you're driving..." How do you expect your teen driver to take you seriously when you're doing everything you're telling them not to?

What is your parenting style and is it effective? 

 "How are kids supposed to learn about gravity if they don't experience it themselves? Uninvolved 

"Just take my ATM card and use it when you need it, take my ID, too, in case the gas station needs it with my card." Permissive

"I told you to get straight As this year. How do you expect me to help you with your homework when the directions are clear and right in front of you?" Authoritarian 

"I want to let you have the freedom you earn, but when safety is an issue you need to follow the rules I set." Authoritative 

Authoritative parents set boundaries, give their teen drivers the chance to prove they can be trusted, resulting in the parents' trust and a rule-abiding teen. Tell the teen driver to do something and expect them to do it. Let the teen earn their freedom, let them show you they can be trusted. 

Don't Freak Out on Teen Drivers 

Which one would you react positively to? "Good job entering the highway, next time, make sure you're accelerating from the entrance ramp to the lane entering traffic."  or "What the hell are you doing? Open the window, I need air. (while hanging onto the door handle) Don't drive so close to the gravel truck, what are you doing?"

It takes one work week for a teen driver to get a license  

One week of practice, not one week of waiting to receive the license in the mail. Nail technicians must complete 400 hours of practice and education before they're able to do your nails. Teen drivers are only required to practice for 45 hours.

Speeding isn't the problem, it’s not knowing how to handle the speed

Take your teen drivers driving at night, in the rain, around curves and behind gravel trucks, they won't know until they experience it and if you're there to coach them, they'll know how to handle the situation the next time they are alone.

In Virginia, 68% of parents are looking for resources to help them manage their teen’s driving experience. 

Brainstorm house rules about driving, write them down and sign it or use this parent teen agreement from driveithome.org . Also at driveithome.org, parents can sign up to receive weekly driving practice tips and suggestions via e-mail, and print, discuss and sign a Parent-Teen Driving Agreement.

I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective, and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.