Tracking Down Who Invented The Stiletto Heel Took Longer Than Expected
I used to tell people, with total confidence, that Roger Vivier invented the stiletto heel for Dior in 1954, full stop, end of argument, don’t even bring up Ferragamo. I…
Nobody Mentioned I Might Need A Slip Under My Wedding Dress
My mom’s friend, a woman who got married in 1986 and has never once let anyone forget it, told me at a bridal shower that “back in our day nobody…
Nobody Agrees On Who Invented The Mini Skirt
We were four texts deep in a group chat about a wedding guest dress code when it happened. Someone sent a photo of a 1965 look, some slip of a…
High Heels Have A Genuinely Surprising Origin Story Nobody Mentions
Someone at a bar in Ballard told me high heels were invented so women’s butts would look better walking away. I stood there holding a beer I didn’t want anymore,…
Mini Skirts Defined The 70s According To Everyone Except Me, Apparently
“That’s just not true, the whole decade was mini skirts,” said a guy at a dinner party last month, with the specific confidence of someone who has watched exactly one…
Whether Socks Should Match Your Shoes Or Your Trousers Split My Flatmates Down The Middle
I had a client last month, a guy in his sixties getting fitted for a wedding, tell me his father always matched socks to trousers because “matching them to your…
Date Night Dresses For Romantic Evenings
For the longest time, I thought date night dresses were a bizarre, magazine-only subsection of women’s clothing—that fancy column of silk dresses you totally ignore because they require dry cleaning…
Blue Satin Slip Dresses For Simple Days
You know how people get cold feet about buying satin slip dresses? Never been sure why. Satin shines just right, they skim in all the flattering places, and they solve…
Navy Dress, Shoe Color Options: Nude, Metallic, Red and More
I was standing at my closet door at 7:40 on a Tuesday morning, one shoe already on my foot, coffee going cold on the dresser, holding a second shoe up…
Hand Picked, The Heeled Sandals Worth Shopping
Everybody on this shop floor treats the heeled sandal like it’s a swimsuit accessory instead of the thing that’s going to carry an entire evening, and nobody’s around to argue…