Whether A Wool Coat Bobbles Depends On Something Nobody Puts On The Label
A client sent me a photo three weeks into owning a coat, wool, camel colored, from a brand that shall stay nameless because I don’t have their permission to drag…
A Blazer Alone Might Not Be Doing The Smart Casual Job People Think It Does
I bought a blazer specifically for one wedding rehearsal dinner in Franklin, secondhand, structured shoulder, the kind of navy that photographs as black in bad lighting. Paid forty two dollars…
A Maxi Dress Felt Like Too Much Fabric For A Job Interview, So I Reconsidered
I laid the maxi dress out on my bed at 7:40am, next to a blazer, and stood there having a full argument with myself about yardage. That’s the actual word…
The Wool Coat Price Tag Made Me Sit Down And Do The Maths Before I Committed
I stood in the store doing actual math on my phone calculator while the guy behind the counter pretended not to watch me. $340 for a wool coat. I typed…
The Dry Clean Only Label On My Wool Coat Might Be Lying To Me
I bought a navy wool coat off a resale app for forty dollars in February, third listing I’d tracked that week, and the second it landed on my doorstep I…
I Ruined A Wool Jumper In The Wash And Finally Understood Why
The jumper came out of the dryer looking like something I’d knit for a large cat. Charcoal gray, cable knit, bought in Scotland in a shop that smelled like peat…
Whether A Cardigan Counts As Smart Casual Depends Entirely On The Cardigan
I told a colleague once that I was wearing “smart casual” to a client dinner, and she looked at my cardigan the way you’d look at a stain you couldn’t…
The Blazer Requirement For Business Casual Might Be Outdated Advice
I kept a navy blazer on the back of my office chair for three straight years in the early 2000s. Never wore it once that I can actually remember, just…
Leather Brogues Are Supposed To Stretch With Wear, Mine Took Their Time
Refreshed the listing at 11:47pm on a Tuesday because that’s supposedly the dead zone, the hour right before someone in the UK wakes up and starts hunting the same size…
The Blazer To A Wedding Rule Might Just Be An Assumption Nobody Checked
I built a whole cost benefit case for a navy blazer two Aprils ago, the way I build cases for everything, cost per wear, versatility across three separate weddings that…