Loafers With Jeans Might Be Fighting My Silhouette More Than Helping It
I stood in front of the mirror on a Tuesday, fully dressed for a lunch I did not need to dress up for, and had the specific thought that I…
Nobody Told Me Light In The Loafers Was A Slur Until Someone Pointed It Out
I said it in a work meeting. Casual, no weight behind it, describing a guy from another department who’d picked out the good caterer for a launch event. “Oh, he’s…
Blazers Have The Same Hidden Stitch As Trench Coats And I Never Noticed Either
I wore my brother Sam’s old blazer to a client dinner in March, sat down at the table, and felt it pull weird across the back like the fabric was…
A Blazer That Doesnt Cover Your Bum Is Apparently A Whole Category Of Wrong
A client texted me a photo from a dressing room last month, blazer on, one hand on her hip, the other holding her phone at that angle we all use…
Socks With Loafers Is Apparently A Rule Now, Nobody Sent Me The Memo
My brother Sam sent me a photo last week of some guy’s ankles at a wedding, bare, loafers, tan line already forming from the day, captioned “this is apparently wrong…
My Tailor Had Opinions About My Suit And No Belt, I Wasnt Ready For That Conversation
The pins were already in my jacket sleeve when Dominic, my tailor for the last three years, took one look at the loops on my new suit trousers and asked…
Suit Trousers Feeling Snug After Lunch Made Me Question The Fabric
I have genuinely spent longer thinking about my waistband than most people spend deciding whether to buy a house. I know this because I once stood in a fitting room…
I Went Down A Rabbit Hole Trying To Find Out Who Invented The Wrap Dress
A woman at a dry cleaner’s counter in Cherry Creek, waiting behind me while I explained a stain situation I’d rather not detail here, looked at what I was wearing…
Buttoning Both Buttons On A Blazer Is The One Rule Everyone Quietly Ignores
I bought a blazer off a resale app three months ago, gray, structured, the kind of thing that photographs like it costs more than it did, and the first thing…
Whether Brown Brogues Work With A Grey Suit Took Me Longer To Work Out Than It Should Have
People get remarkably worked up about brown shoes and grey suits, considering the actual stakes involved, which are approximately zero. Nobody has ever lost a job, a marriage, or a…