Sequin Dress Styling: Jackets, Shoes, Bags and Earrings
I was standing at the ironing board on an ordinary Tuesday night, steaming the creases out of a plain cotton shirt for work the next day, when my eye landed…
Dresses Beyond Heels: Sneakers, Boots, Blazers, Cardigans and Sandals
There was a wedding in September, three years ago now, and I wore a pale green midi dress with a pair of strappy gold heels I had bought two days…
Satin Midi Skirt: Tops, Shoes and Boots
I own eleven satin midi skirts. Eleven. I counted them last Sunday while doing a closet purge that was supposed to result in donations and instead resulted in me lying…
Heel Colors for a Purple Dress
My mom walked into my kitchen on a Tuesday night, looked at me standing on a step stool trying to get a wine bottle off the top shelf, and said,…
Matching Shoes to a Gold Dress
Okay so my roommate Dana walked into the living room while I was doing my third outfit check in the hallway mirror, looked at my feet, and said, “absolutely not,…
Shoe Colors for a Gold Dress
I wore a gold dress to my firm’s holiday party in 2019 with the shoes I use to walk to the T. Gray suede sneakers, slightly scuffed at the toe,…
Satin Skirt for a Night Out: What to Pair It With
The satin skirt has a reputation for looking cheap the second you move wrong under bad lighting, and for about fifteen years I believed that completely. I’d wear one, catch…
Silver Sequin Skirt: Tops That Work
I own four silver sequin skirts. Four. I counted them last week while doing a closet purge that was supposed to result in fewer things, not an inventory of a…
Black Sequin Dress: Shoes, Jewelry, Earrings and Tights
I was folding laundry on my kitchen floor Sunday afternoon, the kind of task where you end up sorting three other piles you didn’t mean to start, and one of…
Silk Skirt: Styling Ideas
Everyone talks about silk skirts like they’re a hazard. Dry clean only, wrinkles if you breathe near it, only comes out for the one wedding a year where you’re forced…