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…
A Maxi Dress Felt Like Too Much Fabric For A Job Interview, So I Reconsidered
I laid the maxi dress out on my bed at 7:40am, next to a blazer, and stood there having a full argument with myself about yardage. That’s the actual word…
A Floral Dress As A Wedding Guest Comes Down To The Print More Than The Florals
My cousin texted me a photo of a dress three days before her friend’s wedding with the caption “is this too much” and it was a floral dress, sure, but…
A Floral Dress At A Funeral Comes Down To The Florals Themselves
I found the dress on a resale app at eleven at night, the kind of listing that makes you sit up in bed. Small floral print, dark navy background, silk,…
A Black Floral Dress To A Wedding Made Someone Ask If Black Was Appropriate
My sister in law sent me a photo of a dress at eleven at night with the caption “is this a NO” and three question marks, and the dress in…
Whether Guys Have Genuine Opinions About Maxi Dresses Or Are Just Being Polite
“It just looks like a bedsheet with a purpose,” is a direct quote from a guy I dated for four months in 2019, delivered with the flat confidence of someone…
Boho Maxi Dresses For Chic Style
I’ve never been overly concerned with traditionally feminine styles—the florals, ruffles, draping textiles. My style tends toward utilitarian menswear-inspired shapes, minimal silhouettes, crisp tailoring. Boho maxi dresses are the one…
The Best Green Tiered Dresses For Date Night
My brother Sam thinks a green tiered dress reads like a costume from a school play about pond life. I think it reads like the one night a year I…
The Best Green Linen Dresses For A Garden Party
“Smart but sunny.” That was the actual line on the invitation my cousin sent for her backyard engagement thing in June, and I texted it to my sister like it…
The Best Green Maxi Dresses
I would like a word with the woman who stood in a dressing room in 1994 and declared, out loud, to nobody, that green was “a color for tablecloths, not…