Soft Spoken

Raising a daughter has had blessings galore but daughters are hard on their moms! When mine reached adolescence, I became the topic of any number of “editorial critiques” which continued into her teen years. Fashion was just one topic. I frequently heard about my “mom jeans”.   Telling her, “You wouldn’t really [...]

Do you remember that reassuring, cuddly blankie that you had as a child? You know the one. . . the one your mother had to keep mending or worse (if she lacked sewing skills) stapled together because you wouldn’t part with the tattered textile?  The one you wouldn’t leave the house without?
I would like [...]

I am writing to share with you how happy I am with a recent purchase I made at Soft Surroundings. I bought your new fragrance, Aya Blu.
I am very sensitive to many fragrances, even natural oils. Over the years it has been very difficult to find scents that I can tolerate. I [...]

Soft Surroundings’ customer, Ellen Wood of Taos, NM, keynote speaker and author of The Secret Method for Growing Younger, recently donned our Garbo Top and Skirt for a photo shoot. You can visit Ellen (she’s 73!) at www.GrowYoungGuide.com where she’s wearing the outfit in her website’s new banner. (Photos: Bradford Brandon, Copyright Productions LLC)

Soft Stories [...]

I am fortunate to live and work in the historical community of Cragsmoor, located high atop the Shawangunk Ridge in upstate New York. This tiny hamlet, home to about two hundred families, provides breathtaking views of the Hudson Valley. Many of the homes have been placed on the National Registry of Historical Places. In the [...]

I always had a problem with a bothersome cowlick on the back of my head.  When my hair was its natural color it wasn’t much of a problem.  As my hair turned completely gray and required coloring, it definitely became a problem.
As my hair grew out, the gray made the cowlick stand out like a [...]

I love, and have received many compliments on my Soft Surroundings clothes purchases.  

The other evening while dining at a lovely restaurant, I was approached by a woman who was seated at the next table.  The woman proceeded to compliment me on a sheer, light blue, striped poncho style top I was wearing.  The woman [...]

As a little girl, one of my favorite pleasures was finding a quiet corner and paging through a catalog.  I called it my wish book and would pick out one thing on every page that I would love to have.  Since there were eight kids in our family wishing never became a [...]

I have fibromyalgia, and there are many days I can barely tolerate the feel of anything against my skin.  Fortunately for me, there is Soft Surroundings!  The fabrics are sooooo soft, and the cuts so generous, that I can wear them without pain!  And the clothes are so stylish!  I receive many [...]

I must tell you how thrilled I am to have found Soft Surroundings and the long-yearned-for selection of tops and bottoms in talls! 
I placed a sizable order recently and could hardly wait for it to arrive, though I anticipated that as always, very little of it would fit or be tall enough [...]