The Perfect Burgundy Office Jacket
My brother Sam said burgundy was a “Halloween color for guys who peaked in college a cappella” and I told him he was wrong, and then I settled it the…
My brother Sam said burgundy was a “Halloween color for guys who peaked in college a cappella” and I told him he was wrong, and then I settled it the…
I have a running joke on the shop floor about me and burgundy, which is that I own it in a swimsuit, a cover up, and now these joggers, and…
Someone on this team texted “burgundy is a neutral” into the group chat last week and I have not stopped thinking about it since. That is a lie you tell…
I told everyone for two years that burgundy was a fall color and nothing else, that it belonged in October and shut itself down by February. I was wrong about…
I sell swimsuits for a living, not blazers, which means the only reason I own three burgundy blazers is that I stood next to a rack of them at a…
My brother crashed at my place for a weekend in October, saw the brown satin top hanging over my desk chair, and said “that looks like something Dad would’ve worn…
A woman on the light rail once looked at me for a solid three stops and said, “that’s not a color, that’s a decision,” and I’ve thought about that sentence…
I settled the brown shirt dress argument in my apartment lobby, in front of my mail cubby, holding two dresses on hangers like I was presenting evidence. My position for…
Six days until my sister’s wedding trip and I’m standing in my own store, on my break, holding a brown shirt top that has nothing to do with swimwear, because…
I spent an actual year of my life insisting that brown was a color that only worked on other people, the kind of person who owns a dutch oven and…