A Wool Coat Felt Like Too Much Commitment For One Winter, Then I Bought One Anyway
I told my manager I was “still deciding” on a winter coat in early November, like it was a live acquisition I was running due diligence on, and she looked…
Brogues Sat In My Basket For A Month Before I Worked Out If They Were Worth It
Four times I added them to the cart. Four times I closed the tab instead of checking out, because a brogue is one of those shoes that photographs like a…
My Chelsea Boots Fit Perfectly In The Shop And Then Betrayed Me By Week Two
The guy at the shoe store had that specific confidence that makes you trust someone you met four minutes ago. Leather stretches, he said, patting the toe of the boot…
A Reddit Thread Convinced Me Denim Jackets Stretch, So I Tested It Myself
I bought a denim jacket two sizes too small on purpose. That’s the confession, right up front, because otherwise none of what follows makes sense. It was $6 at the…
I Wore The Same Wool Coat Every Day For A Month To See If It Would Stretch Out
My coworker at the homeware brand told me wool coats “give” the way jeans do, you just have to break them in, and I believed her for approximately four years…
Whether A Wool Coat Bobbles Depends On Something Nobody Puts On The Label
A client sent me a photo three weeks into owning a coat, wool, camel colored, from a brand that shall stay nameless because I don’t have their permission to drag…
I Washed An Acrylic Jumper On Purpose Just To See What Would Happen
Every acrylic label I’ve ever read says the same thing. Machine washable. Do not tumble dry, or sometimes tumble dry low, and that’s basically the whole warning. No shrink risk…
My Sweatshirt Shrank Two Sizes And Im Still Not Over It
I bought a sweatshirt in a medium, washed it once on the setting the tag told me to use, and pulled out something that now fits a golden retriever better…
Nobody Can Define Smart Casual, So I Tried A Maxi Dress Anyway
My brother texted me a photo of an invite that said “smart casual” and just wrote “what does this mean.” I sent back three paragraphs and none of them were…
My Favourite T Shirt Got Baggier Every Month And I Wanted To Know Why
I bought a gray t-shirt in February for twenty two dollars, which is more than I usually spend on something with no structure and no lining, and by June it…