A Backless Bra Felt Like A Leap Of Faith Before A Wedding
A woman doing alterations on my wedding dress, pins still in her mouth, told me flat out that backless bras “don’t work past a C cup, so don’t bother.” She…
Leather Jackets Had Their Moment In The 90s And Apparently Never Really Left
My brother Sam paid ninety bucks for a “genuine leather” jacket at a mall store in 2019 because he wanted the Matrix look for a costume party, wore it exactly…
T Shirt Bras Get Credited With Adding A Size, I Went And Checked
I spent about six years assuming every t shirt bra I owned ran a size big, and I never once questioned it. I’d try one on, look in the mirror,…
High Heels Have A Genuinely Surprising Origin Story Nobody Mentions
Someone at a bar in Ballard told me high heels were invented so women’s butts would look better walking away. I stood there holding a beer I didn’t want anymore,…
Wearing Briefs Every Single Day Got Questioned By Someone At The Gym
Guy at my gym was holding a pair of compression shorts up against his gym bag, mid conversation, like they were evidence in a trial. He’d just watched me pull…
What My Tote Bag Apparently Says About Me, According To A Stranger On The Train
You know what I think it says? I think it says whatever the person looking at it needs it to say so they can feel superior for four seconds on…
The Knee High Boots Thing Women Do Every Autumn Without Fail
It is 7:10 on the first properly cold morning of the year, the kind where your breath shows on the walk to the car, and you are standing in front…
Whether Straight Men Wear Crop Tops Themselves Is A Different Question To Whether They Like Them
The question “do straight men wear crop tops” is doing something sneaky before you even get to the answer. It’s smuggling in an assumption that a garment carries a sexuality,…
Whether People Still Wear Corsets Day To Day Surprised Me
I found out I’d been wearing a corset “wrong” for three years when my brother’s girlfriend, who actually does historical costuming as a hobby, watched me lace one up before…
The Shoes And Handbag Matching Rule Got Enforced By My Nan For Decades
My nan once made my mum go back inside and change her shoes because they were “the wrong brown.” Not a different color. The wrong brown. Mum was already wearing…