Tan Leather For Warm Days
Tan leather gets a bad reputation when it comes to summer dressing—it’s seen as heavy like brown leather, reserved for fall and winter, and only pairs with jeans and t-shirts.…
White Wool Coats For Icy Days
I’ve long been suspicious of white coats, imagining them as garments reserved for people who had dry cleaners on speed dial and no concept of actual weather. Then I realised…
Why Looking “Effortlessly Put-Together” Is Actually the Hardest Thing to Pull Off
Last Tuesday I was waiting in line at Blue Bottle coffee. (Okay fine, don’t laugh – their coffee is actually good.) I was wearing, what I thought was appropriately, little.…
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…
Cream Chunky Loafers For Light Days
Cream chunky loafers were not something I ever thought I needed until I spotted a pair in that exact shade at a vintage shop in York last April. The woman…
Date Night Dresses For Romantic Evenings
For the longest time, I thought date night dresses were a bizarre, magazine-only subsection of women’s clothing—that fancy column of silk dresses you totally ignore because they require dry cleaning…
Fall Dresses For Casual Days
There’s a Wednesday morning recurring thought I can’t quite shake. Standing in front of my closet at seven- thirty trying to figure out how to look put-together but not wanting…
The Truth About “Effortless” Style (Spoiler: It’s Not Effortless At All)
Ever seen someone who looks undeniably amazing wearing what appears to be whatever they just grabbed from their closet? That vaguely-washed cool girl vibe? I used to think that was…
I Spent a Week Dressing for Imaginary Adventures While Going to My Soul-Crushing Office Job
Have you ever had one of those moments where you look down at yourself and realize that you’ve somehow become human wallpaper? It happened to me last Tuesday. I was…
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…