Knee High Boots: Jeans, Skirts, Socks and Everything Else That Works

I counted the other day: fourteen wears in six weeks. That is how often my black knee high boots came off the shelf between the start of October and the…

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Dress Shoes for a Navy Suit: The Formal Color Options

My brother in law Rob caught me halfway across his living room at Thanksgiving two years ago, glanced down at my feet, and said, “Are those brown with a navy…

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Black Jeans, Endless Outfits: My Rotation of Tops, Shoes and Colors

My sister took one look at me walking into her kitchen last Thanksgiving, wearing the same black jeans I’d worn to her house every single visit for two years, and…

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Linen Pants Styling for Warm Weather: Tops, Shoes and Jackets

My sister took one look at me walking into her kitchen last July, coffee in hand, wearing a pair of pleated linen pants I’d just picked up from a sample…

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Barrel Jeans: Getting the Proportions Right With Shoes and Tops

My sister Nadia texted me a photo of herself in a pair of barrel jeans with the caption “tell me the truth, do these make me look like I’m wearing…

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The Everyday Jeans Playbook: Footwear, Blazers and Everything Else

I counted the other day: out of the last thirty outfits I have photographed for the site, twenty six of them started with jeans. Not skirts, not trousers, not the…

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Brown Pants Are Easier to Style Than You Think

I own eleven pairs of brown pants right now. I counted them last week while doing a closet purge that was supposed to result in fewer pants and instead resulted…

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White Jeans Without the Stress: Tops, Shoes and What Goes Underneath

My mother took one look at me walking into her kitchen in white jeans and a black top and said, “You’re going to spill coffee on those before you get…

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A Denim Jacket Goes With More Than You Think: Bottoms, Shoes and Layers

My sister showed up at my place on a Tuesday to drop off a casserole dish she had borrowed months earlier, took one look at what I was wearing, and…

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