Wide Leg Linen Pants: Tops and Shoes for Summer

I own eight pairs of wide leg linen pants. Eight. I counted them on a Tuesday afternoon when I was supposed to be pulling looks for a client consultation and…

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Longline Coat: What to Wear Underneath

I’ve owned exactly three longline coats that actually earned their closet space, and I got there by ignoring almost everything the internet told me about wearing them. The reputation is…

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Shirt Colors for Gray Dress Pants

I counted my gray dress pants last week, out of genuine curiosity, because I was standing in front of my closet on a Tuesday morning trying to figure out what…

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Shirt Colors for Gray Pants: Business and Casual

Gray pants have a reputation for being the safe choice, the pants you grab when you don’t want to think, the beige of pants but slightly less committed to being…

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What Color Shirt Goes With Gray Slacks?

I counted my slacks drawer last week for reasons that had nothing to do with this article and everything to do with avoiding actual work, and the number was fourteen.…

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Best Shirt Colors for Brown Pants

My sister in law walked into Thanksgiving last year, looked at my brown corduroys and my white button up, and said, “Oh, you look like a substitute teacher who’s about…

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The Coat Every Finance Woman Needs But Can’t Find: Professional Warmth That Actually Works

I was getting dressed after work last Tuesday in the Nordstrom fitting room trying on, what I can only assume was the fifteenth winter coat of the season when I…

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The best shirt dresses for effortless styling

I’ll never forget the moment I realised shirt dresses were life-changing. It was at my friend Emma’s garden party last summer and I’d arrived in what I thought was a…

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