Whether Women Want Men In Thongs Or Just Find The Idea Funny
The line that gets repeated as though it’s settled science is that women either think a man in a thong is the hottest thing they’ve ever seen or the funniest,…
The Knee High Boots Thing Women Do Every Autumn Without Fail
It is 7:10 on the first properly cold morning of the year, the kind where your breath shows on the walk to the car, and you are standing in front…
Whether Socks Should Match Your Shoes Or Your Trousers Split My Flatmates Down The Middle
I had a client last month, a guy in his sixties getting fitted for a wedding, tell me his father always matched socks to trousers because “matching them to your…
What My Handbag Brand Apparently Says About Me, According To Everyone Else
Standing in the TSA line at MIA, taking my bag off my shoulder to shove it in a bin, and the woman behind me goes “oh my god, is that…
Why Every Finance Bro Ive Ever Met Owns The Exact Same Gilet
My uncle works in private equity, and years ago, when I told him I was starting to style corporate clients, he said, “Easy, just put them in a vest, it…
Whether Brown Brogues Work With A Grey Suit Took Me Longer To Work Out Than It Should Have
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…
Brown Loafers Get Called A Universal Match, I Wanted To Test That Properly
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…
Trading Floor Gilets Are Apparently Their Own Whole Uniform
“It’s just a fleece with the sleeves cut off, Diane, I don’t understand why you’re defending it like it’s a dinner jacket.” That was my brother-in-law, over Thanksgiving, watching some…
Whether Straight Guys Wear Cardigans Got Debated At A Barbecue
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.…
Whether Straight Men Wear Crop Tops Themselves Is A Different Question To Whether They Like Them
The question “do straight men wear crop tops” is doing something sneaky before you even get to the answer. It’s smuggling in an assumption that a garment carries a sexuality,…