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…
The Puffer Jacket Price Tag Made Me Question My Whole Winter Wardrobe
I had the jacket in my cart for eleven days. Eleven. I know that number exactly because I screenshotted it to the group chat on day one as a joke,…
My Cashmere Jumper Bobbled Within A Season And I Wasnt Sure If That Was Normal
I paid $228 for a cashmere sweater in October and by December it looked like it had been in a fight it lost. Little balls of fiber all along the…
I Wore A Leather Skirt To Work To See If Smart Casual Stretches That Far
I told a client last spring that her leather pencil skirt was “a little much” for a Tuesday client meeting, and she looked at me like I’d insulted her mother.…
A Wool Coat Felt Like Too Much Commitment For One Winter, Then I Bought One Anyway
I told my manager I was “still deciding” on a winter coat in early November, like it was a live acquisition I was running due diligence on, and she looked…
Brogues Sat In My Basket For A Month Before I Worked Out If They Were Worth It
Four times I added them to the cart. Four times I closed the tab instead of checking out, because a brogue is one of those shoes that photographs like a…
Board Shorts And What Goes Underneath Them Is Apparently A Whole Debate
My manager, who has never once complimented anything I wear, looked at my board shorts on a Friday dress down day, the one time a year our floor pretends casual…
I Washed A Wool Coat Against All Advice, Heres What Happened
My coat came back from the dry cleaner smelling like chemicals and costing twenty two dollars, and I stood in my kitchen and thought, I could just wash this. It’s…
My Wool Coat Turned Into A Lint Magnet And Nobody Warned Me
My mom hugged me at Thanksgiving, stepped back, and picked six inches of lint off my sleeve like she was defusing something. “Did you sleep in a dog bed?” I…