Gray Pants and Jeans for Women: Styling Ideas
I bought a pair of gray dress pants in 2011 specifically because the saleswoman told me gray was “the new black,” and I nodded like this was groundbreaking information rather…
Sparkly Pants: Tops and Outfit Ideas
I once wore sequin pants to a New Year’s Eve party with a sequin top, both purchased in the same frantic hour at a mall that no longer exists, and…
Which Tie Goes With a Black Shirt?
I’ve been told, more than once, that a black shirt is a “put it with anything, it doesn’t matter” garment, the fashion equivalent of a blank wall. My brother in…
What to Pair With a Leather Jacket
I own eleven leather jackets. Eleven. I counted them properly last month, laid out across the bed like some kind of intervention, and my first reaction wasn’t pride, it was…
Light Blue Dress Shoe Colors
I own six pairs of shoes that only earn their keep once a light blue dress comes out of the closet, and I counted them twice because the number embarrassed…
Black Sequin Skirt: Tops and Outfit Ideas
I’ve owned a black sequin skirt since roughly 2011, and for most of that time I treated it the way most people treat theirs, as a single-occasion garment that comes…