Antonina Jedrzejczak

Women's Fashion Editor, Off Duty at The Wall Street Journal

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Articles

I’m Afraid of Snakes. So Why Is This Year’s Snakeskin Trend So Irresistible?

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Antonina Jedrzejczak

Forget the wild snakeskin looks of the 1970s. Today the pattern is all about strategic accessories. 2025 is the year of the snake. For me it was 2021. After moving back East, I spent a few months living in a friend’s country home in rural Connecticut. Just me, my husband and the six rat snakes denning in the living room radiator. Everyone happily napped through the winter. When spring came, our reptile roommates got restless.
All-Purpose Makeup Is Everywhere. Do 5-in-1 Products Really Work?

1 month ago | wsj.com | Antonina Jedrzejczak

Too busy to fuss with a bag full of makeup? Today’s products are promising multiuse benefits to streamline your morning. We put two to the test. The novelist Isabel Allende once said: “You spend the first part of your life collecting things…and the second half getting rid of them.” Replace “things” with “mascara” and you’ve got me there, Isabel. My makeup collection has been expanding like a grizzly heading into hibernation.
Feeling Anxious? There’s a Sweatshirt for That.

Feb 28, 2025 | wsj.com | Antonina Jedrzejczak

To stay organized, I keep three bins on the floor in my bedroom closet. Donate. Dry cleaning. Destroyed. That last one, you ask? It’s filled with clothes that I’ve cut up, partially unraveled, stretched out or otherwise messed with in my crusade against irritating seams, itchy fabrics and scratchy tags. Every few months when I visit my sister in London, I smuggle some of the fancier victims across the ocean and drop them at her sewing machine, hoping for absolution. Or at least mending.
14 Styles to Turn You Into a Hat Person: Buckets, Visors, Straw, Experimental

Jul 11, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Antonina Jedrzejczak

The hat is back. Globally, sales are up 6% from last year, and women’s hats—from wide-brimmed sun blockers to chic berets—are leading the way with a 20% year-over-year increase, according to Brian Ehrig, a partner in the consumer practice of Kearney, a global strategy and management consulting firm.
Honors, a Women's Sportswear Brand from Nashville, Swings Big

Jun 26, 2024 | gardenandgun.com | Antonina Jedrzejczak |Gabriela Gomez-Misserian

Arts & Culture Elevated golf basics shine on and off the course It took a full decade after Amy Parker Anderson and Huntley Rodes first met in the New York City fashion world for the pair to realize, over a chance dinner, that they shared a love of golf. The next time the two got together, they did so with Rodes’s friend Jenna Walter, a former Division 1 player, for a round on the links of Gaylord Springs in Nashville, the city all three now call home.
7 Best Adventurous Loafers for Summer That Aren’t Brown or Black

May 29, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Antonina Jedrzejczak

The quiet luxury era might still be dominating the sweaters and trousers in your closet, but this summer, the muted creams and grays stop at the ankle. Loafers, a ubiquitous style for the warmer days ahead, are undergoing a Technicolor transformation.
The Eight Best Leather Jackets That Will Transform a Spring Look

Mar 5, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Antonina Jedrzejczak

Adventurous cuts and colors are replacing the stereotypical blacks and browns. When you think of a leather jacket—and you might, since it’s almost spring—the image that comes to mind is most likely a black motorcycle jacket or a chocolate brown bomber. It’s time to shake the stereotypes. “Now anything goes,” says Mia Dell’Osso-Caputo, creative director of outerwear brand Avirex. “Leather is just getting hotter and hotter, and it’s really diversifying between the different silhouettes.”
Fancy Packing Cubes Are the Way Travel Pros Beat the Suitcase Blues

Sep 26, 2023 | bloomberg.com | Antonina Jedrzejczak

Packing cubes from Metier. Photographer: Naila Ruechel for Bloomberg BusinessweekIn the search for a perfect suitcase, it can be easy to forget that what really matters is how you navigate the space inside. Travel organizers, or packing cubes as they’re known colloquially, are what separate on-the-go amateurs from the pros. Forget the rudimentary options—those with nylon bodies and flimsy zippers—and opt instead for something both durable and beautiful.
7 Best Women’s Wallets: Card Cases, Coin Purses, Continental Styles

Aug 24, 2023 | bloomberg.com | Antonina Jedrzejczak

Through the ages, wallets have carried it all: paper money, coins, business cards, even snacks. Their everyday, obligatory nature disguises their role as a perfect accessory. Unlike the investment with a capital “I” that a new handbag can feel like, the banal rectangular shape of a continental or card case gives the same thrill without any of the angst.