A Black Dress Shirt For A Funeral Might Not Be Enough On Its Own
I bought a black dress shirt for my uncle’s funeral three years ago and stood in my bedroom feeling like I’d solved the problem. Black shirt, black pants, done, right?…
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…
Brown Shoes With Grey Trousers Got Questioned By A Colleague At Lunch
“That’s a bold choice for a Tuesday,” she said, looking at my feet like I’d shown up in cleats. I was wearing dark brown derbies with charcoal grey trousers, a…
White Wool Coats For Icy Days
I’ve long been suspicious of white coats, imagining them as garments reserved for people who had dry cleaners on speed dial and no concept of actual weather. Then I realised…
Cream Chunky Loafers For Light Days
Cream chunky loafers were not something I ever thought I needed until I spotted a pair in that exact shade at a vintage shop in York last April. The woman…
Our Favorite Cream Polo Tops Right Now
Everyone treats a cream polo the exact same way, which is to say badly, tucked in fully like it’s reporting for country club duty, buttoned to the top, looking like…
Shop the Black Wrap Tops We’d Actually Wear
I have owned a black wrap top since roughly 1994, and I want to be honest that it was never the same top, it was a rotating cast of nearly…
Hand Picked, The Beige Vest Tops Worth Shopping
A guy I was seeing last year, very briefly, very politely, looked at my drawer of beige vest tops and said, “you know you own the same shirt six times,…
The Beige Satin Tops Worth Your Money
Everyone talks about a beige satin top like it’s a neutral, like it’s the quiet cousin of a white button down, and I need to say plainly that it is…
Hand Picked, The Black Trench Coats Worth Shopping
One of us thinks a black trench is the most useful coat you can own. Another thinks black is the one color you should never buy this piece in, and…