A Lace Dress For A Wedding Guest Comes Down To The Lace Itself, Not The Dress
My friend Renata texted me a photo of a dress three weeks before her cousin’s wedding with the message “is this too much lace” and I stared at it for…
My Chelsea Boots Felt Tight For Weeks Before I Trusted Theyd Stretch
There is a specific ankle bone, mine, left foot, that spent three weeks in October convinced I had bought the wrong boots. Not sort of wrong. Fully, return label printed,…
My Swimsuit Felt Looser By The End Of Every Swim, I Wanted To Know Why
Forty five minutes into a lap swim at the Y on Park Road, I looked down and the front panel of my suit was doing this loose, bunched thing across…
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…
A Floral Dress At A Funeral Comes Down To The Florals Themselves
I found the dress on a resale app at eleven at night, the kind of listing that makes you sit up in bed. Small floral print, dark navy background, silk,…
A Bodycon Dress At Work Comes Down To The Office More Than The Dress
I bought a bodycon dress for a Tuesday. Not a launch dinner, not a birthday, an actual regular Tuesday, because I had a client call at eleven and a leaving…
Wearing Socks Under Tights Sounds Wrong Until Youve Stood At A Bus Stop In January
My friend Delaney texted me a photo from a bus stop in Nashville, which never gets properly cold, wearing what I can only describe as visible crew socks under sheer…
Ive Been Putting Tights On Backwards For Actual Years, Apparently
So okay. I was getting dressed for a shoot on Tuesday, tights on, running late, already filming in my head before I’d even hit record, and my roommate Devon walks…
Tights Under Over The Knee Boots Turned Into A Full Debate Getting Ready For A Wedding
My colleague Renata texted me a photo of her over the knee boots at 9:47 on a Saturday morning, wedding at 2, and the message just said “tights or not,…
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,…