“You know that’s not actually doing anything, right?” That’s what my trainer said, mid squat rack, while I was adjusting my underbust corset between sets like it was a normal…
I have genuinely spent longer thinking about my waistband than most people spend deciding whether to buy a house. I know this because I once stood in a fitting room…
“Denim’s from Levi’s, obviously, that’s just where jeans come from.” That’s what a guy at a vintage fair in Nashville told me while I was digging through a bin of…
I bought my first pair of black sneakers because a client canceled on me at 8am and I was standing in her closet with nothing to do but stare at…
I had a client last month, a guy in his sixties getting fitted for a wedding, tell me his father always matched socks to trousers because “matching them to your…
“That’s a bold choice for a Tuesday,” she said, looking at my feet like I’d shown up in cleats. I was wearing dark brown derbies with charcoal grey trousers, a…
I knew I was officially old when a 22-year-old intern tsk-tsked me for how I wore jeans. It wasn’t when I noticed my first gray hair (hey Steve, I see…
I blame Gigi Hadid. Or maybe Hailey Bieber. Or maybe Kendall Jenner? Truthfully, I don’t know who started the trend first. But whoever it was, thank you very much. Because…
Truly. There are only three things I hate more than trying on jeans: having my wisdom teeth removed, trying to explain TikTok to my father, and watching my toddler nephew’s…
“Jeans and a nice top.” I’ve texted those exact words back and forth, usually prefaced with “what are you wearing,” about three hundred times in my life. I reserve that…