The Black Velvet Dresses Worth Your Money

Had a client last year, older woman, tell me black velvet was “the safe choice for a woman my size,” and I actually stopped what I was doing to argue…

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The Best Beige Knitted Tops

Okay so beige knits are one of those categories where I feel like the internet lied to us for a solid two years, everyone was calling it “quiet luxury neutral”…

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Shop the Black Cardigans We’d Actually Wear

I have a client who once told me she owned “eleven, maybe twelve” black cardigans, and when I asked her to actually count, it was nineteen. Nineteen. And she wore,…

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Shop the Beige Slip Dresses We’d Actually Wear

I’d like to have a word with the woman who bought her first beige slip dress in 1994 thinking it made her look like she’d wandered off the set of…

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The Best Beige Cardigans

Had a whole argument last October about whether beige cardigans are the safest thing a grown woman can own or the exact color of giving up. Never got resolved. A…

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The Perfect Beige Satin Skirt For The Office

There was a proper argument in this house the week I wore a beige satin skirt to a meeting and my sister, on the phone, heard the rustle of it…

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Shop the Beige Roll Neck Sweaters We’d Actually Wear

My sister thinks a beige roll neck is proof you have your life together. I think it’s proof you haven’t done laundry since Tuesday and beige is just what’s left…

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Sequin Skirt Outfits: Keeping the Sparkle Balanced With Tops, Shoes and Tights

I own seven sequin skirts. Seven. I counted them properly last month, laid out on the bed like some kind of intervention was about to happen, and the number genuinely…

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Wearing Red Dress Shoes: The Outfits That Make Them Work

I was on the floor of my closet on a Sunday afternoon, sorting through a box of shoes for the donation pile, when I pulled out a pair of red…

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