White Dress Shoe Colors
I wore white shoes with a white dress to my cousin’s wedding in 1997, and I want to be very clear that I do not mean I wore a coordinating…
Light Gray Pants and Jeans for Women: Easy Outfit Ideas
I counted last month, because counting things is basically my whole personality at this point, professionally and otherwise, and light gray pants or jeans made it into eleven separate outfits…
Sweater Dress Styling: Shoes, Boots, Coats and Jackets
My roommate walked into the kitchen on a Tuesday, looked at me for exactly two seconds, and said, “You’re wearing the vacuum sweater as a dress again, aren’t you.” Which,…
Leather Skirt Styling: Tops, Jackets, Shoes and Tights
I own seven leather skirts. Seven. I counted them last week while doing a closet audit that was supposed to be about donating things, and instead turned into a moment…
Which Color Pants Go With a Navy Blazer?
The reputation is that a navy blazer only really works with gray pants, maybe khakis if you’re feeling loose, and that’s the whole conversation. Every men’s style guide I’ve ever…
Pink Shirt: Tie and Pants Combinations
I bought my first pink shirt for a video I never posted. That’s the whole embarrassing part, right there, before I even get to the tie. It was February, I’d…
Palazzo Pants: Tops and Shoes That Keep Them Flowing
Odette walked into my kitchen, took one look at me in wide leg linen pants and a cropped tank, and said, “okay but why do you look like you’re about…
Mini Dress Styling: Underneath, Over It, and With Boots or Coats
The reputation mini dresses carry is that they belong to a decade of your life and then you graduate out of them, quietly, the way you graduate out of standing…
Which Bra Works for a Backless Dress?
I once safety pinned a regular t shirt bra to the inside of a backless jumpsuit at eleven o’clock at night, thirty minutes before I had to leave for a…
Halter Top Styling: Bras, Necklaces, Jackets and Layers
Okay so the reputation halter tops have is that they’re a nightmare. High maintenance, one wrong bra away from disaster, impossible to layer, basically a top that only works for…