Our Favorite Burgundy Blazers Right Now
I sell swimsuits for a living, not blazers, which means the only reason I own three burgundy blazers is that I stood next to a rack of them at a…
The Best Burgundy Cardigans For Layering This Season
I would like a word with the woman who spent most of 1996 convinced burgundy was a “safe neutral,” because I have since owned six burgundy cardigans and can report…
Hand Picked, The Brown Shirt Dresses Worth Shopping
I settled the brown shirt dress argument in my apartment lobby, in front of my mail cubby, holding two dresses on hangers like I was presenting evidence. My position for…
The Brown Shirt Tops Worth Your Money
Six days until my sister’s wedding trip and I’m standing in my own store, on my break, holding a brown shirt top that has nothing to do with swimwear, because…
The Brown Ballet Flats We Keep Coming Back To
Somebody on this team called brown ballet flats “the quiet neutral,” said it like she was reading it off a museum plaque, and I said nothing, brown is not quiet,…
Our Favorite Beige Shirt Dresses Right Now
Nearly everyone on this one agrees the beige shirt dress is the most efficient garment I own, one purchase decision that quietly covers a Tuesday client call, a Saturday errand…
The Black Tweed Skirts Worth Your Money
My upstairs neighbor came down for wine in January, looked at the black tweed skirt drying flat on my radiator, and said, “isn’t that just a school uniform for adults.”…
The Best Beige Blazers For Layering This Season
I argued for two years that beige on top of anything was a mistake unless you were extremely tan or extremely pale, no in between. My brother settled it by…
The Perfect Black Blazer For A Night Out
I don’t sell blazers, I sell swimwear, but there’s a running joke on the shop floor about me buttoning everything all the way up like I’m about to inspect a…
Shop the Black Cardigans We’d Actually Wear
I have a client who once told me she owned “eleven, maybe twelve” black cardigans, and when I asked her to actually count, it was nineteen. Nineteen. And she wore,…