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…
Brown Dress Pants and Shoe Colors
I used to tell clients that brown dress pants were the pickiest thing in a closet. Harder than gray, harder than navy, because the second you introduce a warm neutral…
Pink Pants: Colors and Outfits That Balance the Brightness
I was folding laundry on a Tuesday night, the boring kind of Tuesday where you’re watching something you’ve already seen just for the noise of it, and I had a…
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…
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…
Which Color Pants Go With a Navy Blazer?
The reputation is that a navy blazer only really works with gray pants, maybe khakis if you’re feeling loose, and that’s the whole conversation. Every men’s style guide I’ve ever…
Pink Shirt: Tie and Pants Combinations
I bought my first pink shirt for a video I never posted. That’s the whole embarrassing part, right there, before I even get to the tie. It was February, I’d…
Palazzo Pants: Tops and Shoes That Keep Them Flowing
Odette walked into my kitchen, took one look at me in wide leg linen pants and a cropped tank, and said, “okay but why do you look like you’re about…
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…
Mens Linen Pants: Easy Outfits for Hot Days
My brother-in-law Desmond stood in my kitchen last July, took one look at me in wrinkled off-white linen pants and a faded polo, and said, “You look like you just…