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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Our Favorite Black Bodycon Dresses Right Now

There was a stretch, maybe four years ago, when I would have told you the black bodycon dress was a young person’s problem, the kind of thing you wear at…

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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 Perfect Beige Cropped Top For A Night Out

I own four beige cropped tops and I have worn exactly one of them out of the house more than twice. This is not a secret in my apartment. My…

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The Beige Mini Skirts We Keep Coming Back To

I own four beige mini skirts right now. Four. I counted them Sunday while doing laundry, sitting on top of the dryer like it was an intervention, and my first…

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Our Favorite Beige Mini Dresses Right Now

Nine days until my cousin’s engagement party and the group chat has decided, almost unanimously, that beige is the answer. Almost. One person, and I’m not naming her because she’ll…

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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 Aqua Mini Dresses We’d Actually Wear

Okay so my roommate’s boyfriend was over last week, saw me trying on aqua mini dress number three of the afternoon, and said “wait, you own more than one of…

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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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Satin Skirt Styling: Tops, Shoes, Layers Underneath and Winter Coats

The first time I wore a satin skirt out in public, I sat down at a restaurant booth and slid straight off the seat like I’d been greased for a…

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