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…
The Puffer Jackets Origin Story Is Weirder Than I Expected
My phone buzzed four times in about ninety seconds. My friend group chat, the one that exists mostly to argue about nothing, had landed on puffer jackets because someone had…
The Trench Coats Military Origin Story Surprised Me More Than Expected
Someone on a menswear forum once told me, with total confidence, that Burberry personally designed the trench coat for officers in the trenches of World War I, sketched it himself,…
Theres A Stitch On The Back Of Your Trench Coat Youre Supposed To Cut, Nobody Warns You
Four days before a work trip to Chicago and I’m standing in my bedroom trying to figure out why my new trench coat looks like it’s wearing a fanny pack.…
The Trench Coat Sits In An Awkward Spot Between Formal And Casual
The moment always arrives at the coat rack, not before. You’re standing in the front hallway at 8:10, client call at 9, dinner with people from business school at 7,…
The Summer Puffer Jacket Thing Keeps Happening And Nobodys Explained It Properly
The rule you hear everywhere is that puffer jackets are a winter garment, full stop, insulation is for cold weather, wearing one in July means you’ve either lost the plot…
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…
Hand Picked, The Hooded Puffers Worth Shopping
Refreshed the same search four times in eleven minutes, “hooded puffer, women’s, size small,” like the algorithm was going to reward my patience instead of just showing me the same…
The Perfect Hooded Coat For Layering This Season
Okay so this whole hooded coat conversation turned into a fight about whether we walk places or not, which was not the plan. It started because I said the coat…
The Perfect Green Trench Coat For Layering This Season
Okay so basically everyone on my radar has decided the green trench is THE fall layering piece, like every single person I follow has one in some shade of olive…