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…
My Leather Jacket Got Caught In The Rain Once And I Panicked About Shrinking
Fifteen minutes on a bus stop bench, no cover, jacket soaked through at the shoulders, and I spent the entire ride home mentally drafting how I’d explain to my dad…
My Wool Coat Started Pilling Within A Month And I Wanted To Know Why
Okay so I posted a coat haul video in October, full main character energy, “investment piece,” the works, and by Thanksgiving the left sleeve looked like it had grown a…
Everyone Says Leather Jackets Loosen Up With Wear, Mine Is Taking Its Time
I bought a leather jacket in February, a stiff black moto thing with a collar that stood up like it had personal opinions about my neck, and the guy at…
Whether A Wool Coat Bobbles Depends On Something Nobody Puts On The Label
A client sent me a photo three weeks into owning a coat, wool, camel colored, from a brand that shall stay nameless because I don’t have their permission to drag…
I Washed An Acrylic Jumper On Purpose Just To See What Would Happen
Every acrylic label I’ve ever read says the same thing. Machine washable. Do not tumble dry, or sometimes tumble dry low, and that’s basically the whole warning. No shrink risk…
Nobody Can Define Smart Casual, So I Tried A Maxi Dress Anyway
My brother texted me a photo of an invite that said “smart casual” and just wrote “what does this mean.” I sent back three paragraphs and none of them were…
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 Sweatshirt Shrank Two Sizes And Im Still Not Over It
I bought a sweatshirt in a medium, washed it once on the setting the tag told me to use, and pulled out something that now fits a golden retriever better…
A Crop Top In A Business Casual Office Sounded Wrong Until I Thought It Through
Okay so my coworker Denise once wore a crop top to our Tuesday all hands and I spent the entire meeting staring at the two inches of stomach visible between…