My Tote Bag Collection Got Called Out At A Dinner Party, I Had To Defend It
I counted them on the drive home, which is a very specific kind of shame, sitting in a parking lot doing tote bag math instead of going inside my own…
I Went Digging Into Whether Corsets Cause Real Damage, Heres What I Found
I bought a $34 underbust corset off a resale app because the listing said “worn twice, too small,” and the seller was telling the truth on both counts. Too small…
A Trench Coat Felt Like A Big Commitment Until I Started Wearing Mine Every Week
I built a whole spreadsheet the year I almost bought a trench coat. Not a metaphorical spreadsheet, an actual one, cost per wear projected against a Boston winter that’s really…
Everyone Warned Me A Corset Would Be Miserable, My Experience Disagreed
Someone at the shop told me point blank that I’d regret it, said her sister wore one to a wedding and spent the entire reception “breathing like a woman in…
Calling A Corset Oppressive Feels Like A Nineties Argument Nobody Updated
I bought a corset off a resale app eleven months ago, a real one, boned with steel not plastic, laced up the back, and it sat in my closet for…
Wearing Thongs Every Single Day Split My Group Chat Right Down The Middle
Okay so I posted a #getreadywithme where I mentioned, completely in passing, that I’ve worn a thong every single day for like four years, and I did not expect that…
Wearing A Bikini Under A Wetsuit, Or Just Trusting The Wetsuit To Do Its Job
I’d like a word with the woman standing in a Denver garage in 2011, wriggling into a wetsuit over a bikini she’d bought specifically for a trip to Cabo, convinced…
Chinos To A Wedding Turned Into A Full Debate In My Group Chat
My coworker Danny sent a photo of himself in olive chinos and a blazer at 11pm on a Tuesday with the message “wedding appropriate or am I an idiot” and…
I Wore The Same Wool Coat Every Day For A Month To See If It Would Stretch Out
My coworker at the homeware brand told me wool coats “give” the way jeans do, you just have to break them in, and I believed her for approximately four years…
A Reddit Thread Convinced Me Denim Jackets Stretch, So I Tested It Myself
I bought a denim jacket two sizes too small on purpose. That’s the confession, right up front, because otherwise none of what follows makes sense. It was $6 at the…