The Black Tie Dresses Worth Your Money
I owe an apology to the woman who spent $340 on a black tie dress in 2011, wore it exactly once to a hospital foundation gala, and then let it…
Shop the Black Cardigans We’d Actually Wear
I have a client who once told me she owned “eleven, maybe twelve” black cardigans, and when I asked her to actually count, it was nineteen. Nineteen. And she wore,…
The Best Black Cami Tops
I have two black cami tops sitting three inches apart on the same hanger and they could not be more different people. One’s a silk one I found on a…
The Best Black Belt Bags For The Office
There’s a running joke in my office about the way I dig through my belt bag looking for keys, this specific, slightly demented patting motion, like I’m frisking myself, that…
The Black Bardot Tops Worth Your Money
I have a running disagreement with myself about the black bardot top that I have never fully resolved, and it is not about whether it fits, it is about whether…
Claire’s Pick of the Best Black Backless Dresses
Okay so I have owned four black backless dresses in the last two years, which is a specific number I actually counted because I got weirdly defensive when my roommate…
Shop the Black Ballet Flats We’d Actually Wear
Everyone treats black ballet flats like the thing you buy when you’ve given up, and I’m tired of it. That’s the whole complaint, no rebuttal needed because it’s true, I’ve…
The Black A Line Skirts We Keep Coming Back To
There was a stretch, maybe three years ago, where I would have told you the black A line skirt was a costume for people who peaked in a college internship…
The Perfect Black A Line Dress For A Beach Vacation
I’d like to have a word with the woman who packed a black A line dress for a beach trip in 2009 folded into eighths at the bottom of a…
The Best Black Ankle Boots For The Office
My brother Sam calls black ankle boots the athletic sock of footwear, meaning safe to the point of having no opinion at all. I think that’s exactly the point, but…