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…
How I Built a Designer Wardrobe on Thrift Store Budget (The Tricks Fashion Insiders Don’t Want You to Know)
First things first: Yes, I did just say Proenza Schouler. As in the brand you know you could never actually afford, even if you sold a kidney on the black…
Why I’m Intentionally Wearing the Fashion Mistakes Everyone Forgot About
Last Tuesday morning at 7: 43—I was already late to meet a client—I found myself staring into my closet at a pile of clean laundry I hadn’t touched in three…
Why I’m Stealing My Dad’s 1992 Uniform (And You Should Too)
Last weekend I was rifling through old photo albums in my parents’ basement – you know, kid stuff – when I stumbled on a photo of my father from 1992.…
Fall Sweater Dresses For Autumn Days
It clicked for me one grim October morning. I was late. I was standing in front of my closet doing that thing where you try to plan outfits in your…
Seamless Leggings For Pregnancy
I’ll admit that I didn’t think leggings were “for” me for the first 44 years of my life. Leggings felt too clingy, too athletic and lazy all at once. That…
Cream Skinny For Fitted Days
Cream trousers always felt aspirational to me. Magazine spreads, sure. But never anything I’d realistically own. It wasn’t until I moved to Devon that I realised I’d been approaching them…