Jumpsuit Styling: Shoes and Cardigans That Work
I own eleven jumpsuits. I counted them properly last month while packing for a trip, laying them across the bed like some kind of fabric inventory, and eleven felt like…
Wide Leg Joggers: Tops, Jackets and Shoes That Keep Them Polished
I was folding laundry on a Sunday afternoon, the kind where the pile has gotten embarrassing and you promise yourself you will never let it get that tall again, when…
Barrel Leg Jeans: What to Wear With Them and the Shoes That Suit
My sister in law took one look at me walking into her kitchen last month and said, “Are those jeans… wide at the bottom but not flared? What are we…
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…
Blazer Layering: What Goes Under It, Over It and With It
I own eleven blazers. I want to lead with that number because it explains both my authority and my humiliation, because for at least four of those eleven years I…
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…
Best Shirt Colors for a Gray Suit
I own a charcoal gray suit that I bought for my cousin’s wedding eight years ago, and for the first two years I wore it exactly once, to that wedding,…
Gray Suit Shirt Patterns and Colors
I own six gray suits. Not by design, not some capsule wardrobe manifesto, just the slow accumulation of a decade where gray kept winning over navy at the tailor’s counter.…
Which Tie Colors Go With a Pink Shirt
I ruined a perfectly good rehearsal dinner outfit with a tie the color of canned salmon, and I want to talk about it because I think most guys who own…
Loose Jeans and Loose Pants: How to Keep Outfits Balanced
I was standing in front of the dryer at close to eleven at night, pulling out a load of jeans while they were still a little damp, because I have…