Black Chinos: Shirts, Shoes and Everyday Outfits
I was doing my Sunday inventory, the thing where I lay everything from Monday’s meetings across the bed and try to figure out if I actually need to do laundry…
Wide Leg Linen Pants: Tops and Shoes for Summer
I own eight pairs of wide leg linen pants. Eight. I counted them on a Tuesday afternoon when I was supposed to be pulling looks for a client consultation and…
Shirt Colors for Gray Dress Pants
I counted my gray dress pants last week, out of genuine curiosity, because I was standing in front of my closet on a Tuesday morning trying to figure out what…
Shirt Colors for Gray Pants: Business and Casual
Gray pants have a reputation for being the safe choice, the pants you grab when you don’t want to think, the beige of pants but slightly less committed to being…
Best Shirt Colors for Brown Pants
My sister in law walked into Thanksgiving last year, looked at my brown corduroys and my white button up, and said, “Oh, you look like a substitute teacher who’s about…
Black Sequin Skirt: Tops and Outfit Ideas
I’ve owned a black sequin skirt since roughly 2011, and for most of that time I treated it the way most people treat theirs, as a single-occasion garment that comes…
Black Sequin Pants: Tops and Outfit Ideas
I bought my first pair of black sequin pants for a company holiday party three years ago, and I want to be very clear that the pants were never the…
Lace Pants: Tops and Outfit Ideas
Marisol walked into my kitchen, looked at my legs for a solid three seconds, and said “okay so we’re doing that now” in the exact tone she uses when I’ve…
Dress Shoe Colors for Gray Pants
I own eleven pairs of dress shoes, which is a number I did not believe until I lined them up on the bedroom floor to write this, and the first…