Little Black Dress Footwear: Shoes, Heels and Tights
I counted them properly last week, standing in front of the closet with a glass of wine and entirely too much time on my hands, and the number was eleven.…
Joggers Styled Up: Shoes, Boots, Coats and Jackets
I own fourteen pairs of joggers. Fourteen. I counted them properly last Sunday, laid out on the bed like some sort of intervention, and stood there doing the math on…
Shirt Colors for Gray Pants
I once showed up to a friend’s engagement dinner wearing a lavender shirt with charcoal gray pants and what I can only describe, in hindsight, as a general air of…
Red Pants: Colors and Outfits That Balance the Bold
I own eleven pairs of red pants. Eleven. I counted them twice, laid out on the bed like some kind of evidence board, because I genuinely did not believe the…
Sequin Pants: Simple Tops and Shoes to Calm Them Down
My sister took one look at me walking into her kitchen last New Year’s Eve, sequin pants catching the light from her stove hood, and said, “Okay, but why does…
Burgundy Pants: Colors That Pair Well
Burgundy pants have a reputation for being a once-a-season novelty, something you buy in October, wear to one dinner, and then shove to the back of the closet until you…
Chinos for Guys: Simple Outfit Formulas
The word on chinos has been settled for so long that nobody even argues about it anymore. They are the pants of guys who stopped trying. The default when jeans…
Gray Chinos: Shirt Colors and Shoes That Work
My sister took one look at me walking into her kitchen last Thanksgiving, wearing charcoal gray chinos with a rust colored flannel and white sneakers, and said, “Okay, when did…
Jean Jacket Basics: Which Pants Look Best With One
I bought my first jean jacket at nineteen, paired it with jeans that were maybe half a shade off from the jacket, and wore the whole outfit to a barbecue…
Gray Suit Shoe Colors: Brown, Black, Burgundy and Beyond
I was sitting on the kitchen floor last Sunday night with a can of shoe polish, a horsehair brush, and three pairs of shoes lined up like suspects, trying to…