Mini Dress Styling: Underneath, Over It, and With Boots or Coats

The reputation mini dresses carry is that they belong to a decade of your life and then you graduate out of them, quietly, the way you graduate out of standing…

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Leather Pants Styling: Tops, Boots, Coats and Jackets

I bought my first pair of leather pants for a New Year’s Eve party in a city I did not live in, at a shop I have never been able…

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Pleated Skirt Outfits: Boots, Jackets, Shirts and Tops

My sister Mara texted me a single line the morning I wore my gray pleated midi to her kid’s school recital: “Since when do you dress like you have a…

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Ankle Boots: Pants, Socks and Easy Outfits

Ankle boots have a reputation for being the safe choice, the boot you buy when you cannot decide on anything else, the middle child of footwear that gets worn constantly…

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Dresses Beyond Heels: Sneakers, Boots, Blazers, Cardigans and Sandals

There was a wedding in September, three years ago now, and I wore a pale green midi dress with a pair of strappy gold heels I had bought two days…

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Black Leather Pants: Jackets, Shoes, Tops and Boots

Okay so I own six pairs of black leather pants right now. SIX. I counted them last week while I was looking for a specific pair for a specific shoot…

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Satin Midi Skirt: Tops, Shoes and Boots

I own eleven satin midi skirts. Eleven. I counted them last Sunday while doing a closet purge that was supposed to result in donations and instead resulted in me lying…

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Wide Leg Pants in Winter: Shoes and Boots That Work

I counted my wide leg pants back in October, which is a very specific and slightly alarming thing to do on a Tuesday night, and the number was eleven. Eleven…

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Mens Chelsea Boots: Jeans and Pants That Suit Them

I own six pairs of men’s chelsea boots. Not men’s boots that I wear, actual men’s chelsea boots, size eleven, that live in my apartment because I am apparently the…

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