“Nobody wears slips anymore, they’re your grandmother’s problem now.” That’s the line, isn’t it? Said with total confidence, usually by someone standing next to a rack of polyester dresses that…
My mom’s friend, a woman who got married in 1986 and has never once let anyone forget it, told me at a bridal shower that “back in our day nobody…
“It just looks like a bedsheet with a purpose,” is a direct quote from a guy I dated for four months in 2019, delivered with the flat confidence of someone…
Printed dresses and I have never had the easiest of relationships. As a child my Nan forced me to wear what I considered the tackiest floral prints to every family…
I’ve never been overly concerned with traditionally feminine styles—the florals, ruffles, draping textiles. My style tends toward utilitarian menswear-inspired shapes, minimal silhouettes, crisp tailoring. Boho maxi dresses are the one…
You know how people get cold feet about buying satin slip dresses? Never been sure why. Satin shines just right, they skim in all the flattering places, and they solve…
My sister settled this one two Christmases ago and I still haven’t fully recovered. We’d been going back and forth for years about whether a holiday dress is worth owning…
Green sleeveless dresses are the one category where half of us think a dress without pockets is basically a costume, and the other half think pockets ruin the line and…
My cousin came to brunch with us a few weekends ago, sat down, looked around the table at literally four of us in halter necks we didn’t coordinate at all,…
Everyone in my group chat agrees the green slip dress is having a moment except my sister, who thinks green is a color you wear to a garden party or…