Wide Leg Pants in Winter: Shoes and Boots That Work

I counted my wide leg pants back in October, which is a very specific and slightly alarming thing to do on a Tuesday night, and the number was eleven. Eleven…

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Black Jeans for Women: What to Wear With Them

Okay so I need to tell you about the black jeans I wore to my own cousin’s engagement dinner, because I think about this outfit at least once a week…

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Navy Blue Dress Shoe Colors

My sister took one look at my feet and said, “Absolutely not,” before I’d even said hello. This was two years ago, standing in her kitchen in a navy dress…

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Slim Jeans: Shoes and Outfit Ideas

I bought my first pair of slim jeans at a Gap outlet in 2016 for thirty four dollars, wore them exactly twice, and then let them sit in my closet…

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Gray Blazer: Colors, Pants and Shirts That Work With It

Renata leaned over my cubicle wall on a Tuesday, looked at me for a solid three seconds, and said, “You look like you’re about to fire someone.” I was wearing…

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Black Leather Skirt: Jackets, Tights, Shoes and Tops

I need to tell you about the time I wore a pleather skirt to my friend’s engagement dinner and left looking like I was moonlighting as a dominatrix flight attendant,…

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What Color Shoes Go With Black Jeans?

I was standing in my front hallway at 7:42 on a Tuesday, one shoe on, one shoe in my hand, an Uber already four minutes away and closing, and I…

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Black Suit: Which Shirt Colors Work?

My sister looked at me over her reading glasses when I walked into her kitchen last month wearing a black suit with a shirt the color of a swimming pool…

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