Barrel Jeans: Getting the Proportions Right With Shoes and Tops
My sister Nadia texted me a photo of herself in a pair of barrel jeans with the caption “tell me the truth, do these make me look like I’m wearing…
The Everyday Jeans Playbook: Footwear, Blazers and Everything Else
I counted the other day: out of the last thirty outfits I have photographed for the site, twenty six of them started with jeans. Not skirts, not trousers, not the…
White Jeans Without the Stress: Tops, Shoes and What Goes Underneath
My mother took one look at me walking into her kitchen in white jeans and a black top and said, “You’re going to spill coffee on those before you get…
Blue Jeans and Blue Pants: Shoes, Shirts and Color Partners
For years I owned exactly one pair of black leather oxfords and I wore them with everything, including, on one memorably bad night, a pair of mid wash blue jeans…
Flare Jeans in Real Life: Boots, Tops and the Right Hem Length
I was on my knees on the kitchen floor last Tuesday with three pins in my mouth and a tape measure looped around my neck like a stethoscope, trying to…
Denim Dress Styling: Jackets, Belts, Boots and Coats
I own nine denim dresses. Nine. I counted them properly last weekend while doing a closet cull that was supposed to result in donations, and instead resulted in me standing…
Black Jeans, Endless Outfits: My Rotation of Tops, Shoes and Colors
My sister took one look at me walking into her kitchen last Thanksgiving, wearing the same black jeans I’d worn to her house every single visit for two years, and…
Long Denim Skirt: Boots, Coats, Jackets and Tops
I bought my first long denim skirt in a hurry, in a dressing room with terrible lighting, because a friend of mine had one and looked effortlessly put together in…
Bootcut Jeans: Boots, Shoes and Tops That Balance the Flare
My friend Marisol walked into my kitchen last spring, looked at my jeans for a solid three seconds, and said, “Wait, are those flared? I didn’t know we were doing…
Shorts and Footwear: Shoes and Socks That Look Right
Shorts get treated like the easy part of getting dressed in summer, the thing you throw on when it is ninety degrees and thinking is optional. And for years I…