My Personal Trainer Costs More Than My Rent Increase, I Finally Worked Out If Thats Fine
My landlord raised my rent by $140 a month starting in October. I know this because I got the email, read it twice, said a word I won’t repeat here,…
Trainers Feeling Tight Out Of The Box Turned Into A Whole Investigation
I bought a pair of white leather sneakers for $34 at the outlet mall two Novembers ago, wore them once to a work dinner, and spent the entire night walking…
Calling Sneakers Smart Casual Might Just Be Something We All Agreed To Believe
My coworker Danielle showed up to a “smart casual” wedding shower in white sneakers that cost more than my rent for a week, and not one person blinked. Meanwhile I…
My Personal Trainer Had Opinions About My Corset, I Wasnt Expecting That Conversation
“You know that’s not actually doing anything, right?” That’s what my trainer said, mid squat rack, while I was adjusting my underbust corset between sets like it was a normal…
Whether Black Sneakers Genuinely Go With Everything Got Tested Properly This Time
I bought my first pair of black sneakers because a client canceled on me at 8am and I was standing in her closet with nothing to do but stare at…
Brown Shoes With Grey Trousers Got Questioned By A Colleague At Lunch
“That’s a bold choice for a Tuesday,” she said, looking at my feet like I’d shown up in cleats. I was wearing dark brown derbies with charcoal grey trousers, a…
White Sneakers For Clean Days
I once believed that white trainers were a thing for people with nothing better to do than worry about scuff marks. You know the type: people who don’t walk ten…
Claire’s Pick of the Best Green Sneakers
I spent three years telling anyone who’d listen that green sneakers were a costume, not a shoe, the kind of thing you buy for one photo and then quietly return.…
The Best Gold Sneakers
Three years ago I would have told you gold sneakers were a costume, the kind of thing you wear once to a party and then leave at the bottom of…
The Perfect Black Wide Leg Jean For The Office
I had this argument with myself for about three weeks, whether black is the safe choice in this category or just the boring one, and I never actually settled it.…