Peplum Top: Layers, Jeans, Pants and Skirts

I did an actual count last week, standing in front of my closet with my coffee going cold, and the number was fourteen. Fourteen peplum tops. Not blouses that happen…

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Dark Blue Jeans: Colors and Outfits

I counted last Tuesday, actually sat there with my coffee and counted, and dark blue jeans have been in twenty two of my last thirty outfits. Not the “I own…

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Jean Skirt: Everyday Looks

I counted them last Tuesday night, sitting on my bedroom floor with a glass of wine I probably didn’t need, and the number was eleven. Eleven jean skirts. Not eleven…

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Barrel Jeans in Winter: Shoes That Work in Cold Weather

The first time I wore barrel jeans out in actual winter, not just around the apartment where the worst hazard is a rug, I put them with a pair of…

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Light Blue Suit: Which Shoe Colors Work?

I reach for this suit about eleven times a year, which I know because I actually tracked it last year in the same spreadsheet I use for expense reports, because…

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The Coat Every Finance Woman Needs But Can’t Find: Professional Warmth That Actually Works

I was getting dressed after work last Tuesday in the Nordstrom fitting room trying on, what I can only assume was the fifteenth winter coat of the season when I…

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Why Fashion Girls Are Secretly Obsessed With This $100 M&S Sweater

Okay. Bear with me. This is going to sound insane but two years ago I started noticing high fashion editors wearing the same Marks & Spencer sweater. I did what…

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The best shirt dresses for effortless styling

I’ll never forget the moment I realised shirt dresses were life-changing. It was at my friend Emma’s garden party last summer and I’d arrived in what I thought was a…

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