Brown Or Black Leather Jacket Turned Into A Longer Decision Than It Had Any Right To Be
My sister called me on a Tuesday, which is not a day she calls, to ask a single question. Brown or black, for a leather jacket, and she needed the…
Men Carrying Tote Bags Got Side Eye At My Local Coffee Shop
I’ve heard a man on a menswear forum say, with total sincerity, that a tote bag on a man is “the fashion equivalent of asking to be mugged for your…
Whether Brown Brogues Work With A Grey Suit Took Me Longer To Work Out Than It Should Have
People get remarkably worked up about brown shoes and grey suits, considering the actual stakes involved, which are approximately zero. Nobody has ever lost a job, a marriage, or a…
Brown Loafers Get Called A Universal Match, I Wanted To Test That Properly
I bought my first pair of brown loafers eleven years ago because a guy at the shoe counter told me they’d go with anything, and I believed him the way…
Brown Shoes With Grey Trousers Got Questioned By A Colleague At Lunch
“That’s a bold choice for a Tuesday,” she said, looking at my feet like I’d shown up in cleats. I was wearing dark brown derbies with charcoal grey trousers, a…
Brown Cardigans For Rich Days
I used to associate brown cardigans with giving up. The colour itself seemed needy; it begged to be overlooked. Then I had a horrible Monday (9am court, 11am school assembly,…
Brown Knit For Rich Days
Something about the September light streaming through Pike Place Market last week fell perfectly on my caramel-hued merino pullover, newly thrifted from the weekend before. I looked at myself in…
Brown Ankle Boots For Rich Days
There’s something covetable about a pair of brown ankle boots. I don’t mean performative covetable; I can’t see you across the shop in mine. I’m talking about little luxuries like…
The Best Chocolate Brown Mini Dresses
I spent most of the 2000s convinced chocolate brown was a color for other people, women with better hair and more patience for dry cleaning, and I want to formally…
Our Favorite Chocolate Brown Mini Skirts Right Now
I bought a chocolate brown mini skirt in March telling myself it would replace my black one in rotation, and it has been worn exactly twice since March. My brother…