Best Shoe Colors for a Light Gray Suit
I own four light gray suits and exactly eleven pairs of dress shoes that could theoretically go with them, and I counted last week because a friend asked me what…
Best Shirt Colors for a Light Gray Suit
I own eleven dress shirts that exist for exactly one reason. A light gray suit I bought three years ago from a shop in Wicker Park that has since closed,…
Velvet Blazer Styling: Black and Colored Options
My roommate walked into the kitchen, looked at me for a full three seconds, and said, “okay, who died.” I was wearing a black velvet blazer over jeans and a…
Blue Suit Shoes: What to Wear on Your Feet
Okay so I counted last week because I was packing for a wedding and had to physically go through my shoe rack, and the number of pairs I own specifically…
Womens Navy Blazer: Looks Worth Trying
I used to think the navy blazer was the blazer equivalent of oatmeal. Perfectly fine, technically correct, the thing you wear when you don’t want to be noticed. For about…
Womens Blazer: What to Wear With It and Underneath
I counted my blazers this morning, actually got up and counted, because a client asked me last week how many I owned and I genuinely didn’t know. Eleven. Eleven blazers…
Black Denim Jacket: Jeans, Pants and Shirts That Work
My sister called me on a Tuesday, which she never does, just to tell me she’d seen a photo of me in my black denim jacket standing next to my…
Peplum Top: Layers, Jeans, Pants and Skirts
I did an actual count last week, standing in front of my closet with my coffee going cold, and the number was fourteen. Fourteen peplum tops. Not blouses that happen…
Barrel Jeans in Winter: Shoes That Work in Cold Weather
The first time I wore barrel jeans out in actual winter, not just around the apartment where the worst hazard is a rug, I put them with a pair of…
Light Blue Suit: Which Shoe Colors Work?
I reach for this suit about eleven times a year, which I know because I actually tracked it last year in the same spreadsheet I use for expense reports, because…