My Sandals Dug In For The First Few Wears Before They Finally Gave
There’s a particular walk I do for the first three days with a new pair of leather sandals, and my sister calls it “the wince shuffle.” Shoulders slightly up, weight…
Brown Or Black Leather Jacket Turned Into A Longer Decision Than It Had Any Right To Be
My sister called me on a Tuesday, which is not a day she calls, to ask a single question. Brown or black, for a leather jacket, and she needed the…
My Linen Trousers Came Out Of The Wash A Different Size Than I Remembered
I spent a solid fifteen years telling anyone who’d listen that linen doesn’t shrink, not really, that the whole thing was overblown fabric folklore passed down from people who’d washed…
The Underwear Under Swim Shorts Thing Every Man I Know Does Without Explaining Why
My brother-in-law packed for our lake trip last summer with the kind of precision I usually reserve for carry-on liquids. Swim trunks, rashguard, the good sunglasses. And then, folded into…
Keeping Your Underwear On For A Bikini Wax Is Apparently Not How This Works
I went into my first Brazilian wax appointment convinced I was going to keep my underwear on, because that’s what I’d pictured the whole time, some discreet little maneuver where…
Faux Leather Jackets Get A Bad Reputation Im Not Sure They Deserve
My sister came to visit last spring, saw a faux leather jacket hanging on the back of my closet door, and said, “Oh, is that the real one or the…
I Nearly Ruined A Swimsuit In The Wash And Learned Something About Shrinking
So okay, backstory. I threw my swimsuit in with a regular load of laundry, on hot, with the jeans, like a person who has apparently never read a single care…
I Went Digging Into Whether Corsets Cause Real Damage, Heres What I Found
I bought a $34 underbust corset off a resale app because the listing said “worn twice, too small,” and the seller was telling the truth on both counts. Too small…
A Trench Coat Felt Like A Big Commitment Until I Started Wearing Mine Every Week
I built a whole spreadsheet the year I almost bought a trench coat. Not a metaphorical spreadsheet, an actual one, cost per wear projected against a Boston winter that’s really…
Everyone Warned Me A Corset Would Be Miserable, My Experience Disagreed
Someone at the shop told me point blank that I’d regret it, said her sister wore one to a wedding and spent the entire reception “breathing like a woman in…