Crop Tops Were Everywhere In The 90s Before My Time, Apparently
I sell swimwear for a living, which means I spend half my shift talking people out of buying the exact same suit they had in a photo from three summers…
Whether Men Like Corsets On Women Or Just Think They Should
I have personally asked eleven different men whether they like corsets on women. Eleven, over about six years, mostly at bars where I had no business bringing up boning as…
Whether Guys Find Crop Tops Attractive Or Just Say So
I was standing in the parking lot outside a Target in Aurora, waiting for my sister to finish returning a blender, when the woman ahead of me in a cropped…
The Knee High Boots Thing Women Do Every Autumn Without Fail
It is 7:10 on the first properly cold morning of the year, the kind where your breath shows on the walk to the car, and you are standing in front…
Whether Socks Should Match Your Shoes Or Your Trousers Split My Flatmates Down The Middle
I had a client last month, a guy in his sixties getting fitted for a wedding, tell me his father always matched socks to trousers because “matching them to your…
Whether Straight Men Wear Crop Tops Themselves Is A Different Question To Whether They Like Them
The question “do straight men wear crop tops” is doing something sneaky before you even get to the answer. It’s smuggling in an assumption that a garment carries a sexuality,…
Whether Guys Notice Knee High Boots Or Just Say They Do
For years I told anyone who’d listen that “do guys like knee high boots” was a fake question, invented by shopping blogs trying to sell boots, because men are basically…
Whether People Still Wear Corsets Day To Day Surprised Me
I found out I’d been wearing a corset “wrong” for three years when my brother’s girlfriend, who actually does historical costuming as a hobby, watched me lace one up before…
Whether Leather Jackets Still Get Worn Day To Day Got Questioned By My Sister
Okay but do YOU think people still wear leather jackets, or are you just asking because you saw one on sale and need permission? Because that’s basically what my sister…
Bodysuits For One Piece Days
Somewhere between staring into my closet at 7: 15 a.m., kids crying for breakfast, and wanting to wear something – anything – that resembles an outfit, I reach for a…