The Wool Coat Price Tag Made Me Sit Down And Do The Maths Before I Committed
I stood in the store doing actual math on my phone calculator while the guy behind the counter pretended not to watch me. $340 for a wool coat. I typed…
I Wore The Same Leather Jacket For A Month To See If It Would Stretch
I bought the jacket at 11:47 p.m. on a Tuesday, which according to my own extremely unscientific theory is the exact window when the good vintage listings drop on resale…
The Dry Clean Only Label On My Wool Coat Might Be Lying To Me
I bought a navy wool coat off a resale app for forty dollars in February, third listing I’d tracked that week, and the second it landed on my doorstep I…
I Ruined A Wool Jumper In The Wash And Finally Understood Why
The jumper came out of the dryer looking like something I’d knit for a large cat. Charcoal gray, cable knit, bought in Scotland in a shop that smelled like peat…
T Shirts Shrinking In The Wash Feels Random Until You Pay Attention To Why
I used to think shrinking was basically a mood the washing machine got into. Like it looked at my favorite gray shirt and decided today was the day. I’d pull…
Whether A Cardigan Counts As Smart Casual Depends Entirely On The Cardigan
I told a colleague once that I was wearing “smart casual” to a client dinner, and she looked at my cardigan the way you’d look at a stain you couldn’t…
I Wore A Bomber Jacket To A Meeting To Test The Business Casual Rule
I wore a black bomber jacket to a Tuesday morning meeting last month, the kind with the ribbed cuffs and a zipper that costs more to replace than the jacket…
A Tank Tops Business Casual Status Depends Entirely On Whats Layered Over It
I answered a work Slack poll once, one of those pointless “what does business casual even mean” threads that flares up every eighteen months, and I typed out a whole…
The Blazer Requirement For Business Casual Might Be Outdated Advice
I kept a navy blazer on the back of my office chair for three straight years in the early 2000s. Never wore it once that I can actually remember, just…
A Floral Dress At A Funeral Comes Down To The Florals Themselves
I found the dress on a resale app at eleven at night, the kind of listing that makes you sit up in bed. Small floral print, dark navy background, silk,…