Black Suit: Which Shirt Colors Work?

My sister looked at me over her reading glasses when I walked into her kitchen last month wearing a black suit with a shirt the color of a swimming pool…

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Black Linen Pants: Tops and Shoes for Summer

I own five pairs of black linen pants. Five. I counted them Sunday morning while doing the thing where you pull everything out of a drawer to find one specific…

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Velvet Blazer Styling: Black and Colored Options

My roommate walked into the kitchen, looked at me for a full three seconds, and said, “okay, who died.” I was wearing a black velvet blazer over jeans and a…

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Blue Suit Shoes: What to Wear on Your Feet

Okay so I counted last week because I was packing for a wedding and had to physically go through my shoe rack, and the number of pairs I own specifically…

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Black Midi Dress: Jackets, Shoes and Outfit Ideas

Okay so I need to tell you about the time I wore a black midi dress to a rooftop thing in Austin with white sneakers, a cropped puffer that hit…

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Womens Navy Blazer: Looks Worth Trying

I used to think the navy blazer was the blazer equivalent of oatmeal. Perfectly fine, technically correct, the thing you wear when you don’t want to be noticed. For about…

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Womens Blazer: What to Wear With It and Underneath

I counted my blazers this morning, actually got up and counted, because a client asked me last week how many I owned and I genuinely didn’t know. Eleven. Eleven blazers…

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Satin Skirt for a Night Out: What to Pair It With

The satin skirt has a reputation for looking cheap the second you move wrong under bad lighting, and for about fifteen years I believed that completely. I’d wear one, catch…

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Black Denim Jacket: Jeans, Pants and Shirts That Work

My sister called me on a Tuesday, which she never does, just to tell me she’d seen a photo of me in my black denim jacket standing next to my…

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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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