Leather Jackets Had Their Moment In The 90s And Apparently Never Really Left
My brother Sam paid ninety bucks for a “genuine leather” jacket at a mall store in 2019 because he wanted the Matrix look for a costume party, wore it exactly…
The Trench Coat Sits In An Awkward Spot Between Formal And Casual
The moment always arrives at the coat rack, not before. You’re standing in the front hallway at 8:10, client call at 9, dinner with people from business school at 7,…
Buttoning Both Buttons On A Blazer Is The One Rule Everyone Quietly Ignores
I bought a blazer off a resale app three months ago, gray, structured, the kind of thing that photographs like it costs more than it did, and the first thing…
Trading Floor Gilets Are Apparently Their Own Whole Uniform
“It’s just a fleece with the sleeves cut off, Diane, I don’t understand why you’re defending it like it’s a dinner jacket.” That was my brother-in-law, over Thanksgiving, watching some…
The Knee High Boots Thing Women Do Every Autumn Without Fail
It is 7:10 on the first properly cold morning of the year, the kind where your breath shows on the walk to the car, and you are standing in front…
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…
Whether Anyone Still Reaches For A Denim Jacket Got Debated At My Desk
The phrase that gets thrown around is “do people still wear denim jackets,” and that one word, “still,” is doing so much sneaky work I almost want to flag it…
Whether Straight Guys Wear Cardigans Got Debated At A Barbecue
I have a specific memory of buying my dad a cardigan for Christmas, watching him wear it approximately four times, and thinking absolutely nothing of it, because why would I.…
Whether Guys Notice Knee High Boots Or Just Say They Do
For years I told anyone who’d listen that “do guys like knee high boots” was a fake question, invented by shopping blogs trying to sell boots, because men are basically…
Why Every Therapist Ive Ever Had Owns The Same Cardigan
People get weirdly heated about the therapist cardigan. I’ve seen it argued about in a group chat for forty five minutes, real venom, someone’s aunt is apparently a therapist and…