Leather Brogues Are Supposed To Stretch With Wear, Mine Took Their Time
Refreshed the listing at 11:47pm on a Tuesday because that’s supposedly the dead zone, the hour right before someone in the UK wakes up and starts hunting the same size…
Bomber Jackets Keep Coming Back Into Fashion And I Wanted To Know When They First Took Off
So were bomber jackets ever actually popular, or is this one of those things where everyone just assumes something’s a classic because it’s been sitting in every closet since forever?…
What Women Wore Under Their Clothes In The 1920s Surprised Me
I was at a friend’s engagement party in Nashville, standing near the cheese board, when a woman I’d met twice before turned to me and said, completely unprompted, “so did…
Sleeping In A Bra Split My Group Chat Down The Middle Again
I have genuinely watched two grown women almost stop being friends over whether sleeping in a bra is “unnatural” or “just common sense,” and the wild part is neither of…
Buttoning Both Buttons On A Blazer Is The One Rule Everyone Quietly Ignores
I bought a blazer off a resale app three months ago, gray, structured, the kind of thing that photographs like it costs more than it did, and the first thing…
I Had No Idea Where Jeans Came From Until I Looked It Up
“Denim’s from Levi’s, obviously, that’s just where jeans come from.” That’s what a guy at a vintage fair in Nashville told me while I was digging through a bin of…
The Corset Waist Training Claim Followed Me Into A Fitting Room Again
My aunt Denise brought this up over Thanksgiving stuffing, completely unprompted, the way she does with most opinions she’s held since 1987. Back in her day, she said, girls wore…
Whether You Need A Bra Under A Swimsuit Never Crossed My Mind Until My Sister Asked
My sister’s opening line to this whole conversation was “obviously you wear a bra, are you insane,” and her friend group chat’s response, which she screenshotted and sent me, was…
Why Pyjamas Became The Default Uniform For Doing Absolutely Nothing
“That’s not a pyjama set, that’s a matching loungewear situation, there’s a difference,” my roommate Dana said, standing in my doorway holding up the exact thing I was wearing while…
Whether Anyone Still Reaches For A Denim Jacket Got Debated At My Desk
The phrase that gets thrown around is “do people still wear denim jackets,” and that one word, “still,” is doing so much sneaky work I almost want to flag it…