My Sweatshirt Shrank Two Sizes And Im Still Not Over It
I bought a sweatshirt in a medium, washed it once on the setting the tag told me to use, and pulled out something that now fits a golden retriever better…
My Favourite T Shirt Got Baggier Every Month And I Wanted To Know Why
I bought a gray t-shirt in February for twenty two dollars, which is more than I usually spend on something with no structure and no lining, and by June it…
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…
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The Blazer Requirement For Business Casual Might Be Outdated Advice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…
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…
My Ballet Flats Felt Like A Mistake Until They Finally Stretched Out
I bought a pair of nude ballet flats four days before a work trip to Chicago, tried them on for exactly ninety seconds in the store, walked around a rug…
My Loafers Slip At The Heel And I Wanted To Know If Thats Normal
My roommate walked in on me standing on one leg in the hallway, heel hovering half out of a penny loafer like I was mid escape from a burning building,…
Breaking In Loafers Sounds Like An Excuse For A Bad Fit, So I Questioned It
Okay so someone commented on a loafer video I posted, “these look painful, glad they’ll break in,” and I just sat with that for a second because. Did they, though.…
Loafers With Jeans Feels Like An Unwritten Rule Ive Been Quietly Breaking
A colleague asked me last month, over Slack, in the middle of an actual budget review, whether loafers “counted” as real shoes to wear with jeans or if she’d be…