Jean Jacket Basics: Which Pants Look Best With One

I bought my first jean jacket at nineteen, paired it with jeans that were maybe half a shade off from the jacket, and wore the whole outfit to a barbecue…

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Mens Black Jeans: Building Outfits From Tees to Jackets

I ironed my black jeans once. Properly ironed them, crease down the front like school trousers, because I had a second interview for a job I badly wanted and I’d…

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Cream Pants and Jeans: Color Pairings and Outfit Ideas

I own three pairs of cream pants now, which feels like a strange thing to admit given that my first experience with the color ended with me standing in a…

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Cowboy Boots Without the Costume Look: Jeans and Outfits

My sister took one look at me walking into her kitchen last Thanksgiving, coffee in hand, jeans tucked into a pair of oxblood Ariats, and said, “Okay, Yellowstone, what happened…

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Skinny Jeans, Still Going: Footwear and Tops That Feel Current

I was standing in front of the closet at seven in the morning, coffee already going lukewarm on the dresser, doing the thing I do most days, which is stare…

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Chelsea Boots: The Jeans and Pants That Sit Right With Them

Chelsea boots get filed under “safe” pretty quickly. Ask anyone what to wear with them and you’ll get the same three words back: skinny jeans, obviously. As if the boot…

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Wide Leg Jeans in Winter: Shoes and Outfits for Cold Days

The reputation on wide leg jeans in winter is that they’re impractical, full stop. They drag through slush, they need the kind of shoe you can’t wear once the sidewalks…

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Light Gray Pants and Jeans for Women: Easy Outfit Ideas

I counted last month, because counting things is basically my whole personality at this point, professionally and otherwise, and light gray pants or jeans made it into eleven separate outfits…

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Denim Jacket for Women: Pants That Work With It

I own eleven denim jackets. Eleven. I counted them properly last month while doing a closet cull that was supposed to result in bags for donation, and instead resulted in…

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Barrel Leg Jeans: What to Wear With Them and the Shoes That Suit

My sister in law took one look at me walking into her kitchen last month and said, “Are those jeans… wide at the bottom but not flared? What are we…

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