People get remarkably worked up about brown shoes and grey suits, considering the actual stakes involved, which are approximately zero. Nobody has ever lost a job, a marriage, or a…
I bought my first pair of brown loafers eleven years ago because a guy at the shoe counter told me they’d go with anything, and I believed him the way…
I have a specific memory of buying my dad a cardigan for Christmas, watching him wear it approximately four times, and thinking absolutely nothing of it, because why would I.…
The rule you hear everywhere is that puffer jackets are a winter garment, full stop, insulation is for cold weather, wearing one in July means you’ve either lost the plot…
People get weirdly heated about the therapist cardigan. I’ve seen it argued about in a group chat for forty five minutes, real venom, someone’s aunt is apparently a therapist and…
“It just looks like a bedsheet with a purpose,” is a direct quote from a guy I dated for four months in 2019, delivered with the flat confidence of someone…
I was crammed into the backseat of my boss’s Uber on our way to a client presentation, doing my best to keep my knees from bumping the ceiling while also…
I used to associate brown cardigans with giving up. The colour itself seemed needy; it begged to be overlooked. Then I had a horrible Monday (9am court, 11am school assembly,…
I’ve long been suspicious of white coats, imagining them as garments reserved for people who had dry cleaners on speed dial and no concept of actual weather. Then I realised…
I’ve never been overly concerned with traditionally feminine styles—the florals, ruffles, draping textiles. My style tends toward utilitarian menswear-inspired shapes, minimal silhouettes, crisp tailoring. Boho maxi dresses are the one…