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…
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…
Board Shorts And What Goes Underneath Them Is Apparently A Whole Debate
My manager, who has never once complimented anything I wear, looked at my board shorts on a Friday dress down day, the one time a year our floor pretends casual…
Nobody Can Define Smart Casual, So I Tried A Maxi Dress Anyway
My brother texted me a photo of an invite that said “smart casual” and just wrote “what does this mean.” I sent back three paragraphs and none of them were…
A Maxi Dress Felt Like Too Much Fabric For A Job Interview, So I Reconsidered
I laid the maxi dress out on my bed at 7:40am, next to a blazer, and stood there having a full argument with myself about yardage. That’s the actual word…
Sandals At A Funeral Feels Wrong Until The Weather Gets Involved
I stood in a parking lot in July, ninety-four degrees, holding a pair of black flats I bought specifically for this funeral, and I could feel my feet swelling in…
I Worried Sandals At A Funeral Would Read As Disrespectful, Maybe I Was Overthinking It
I stood in my closet for eleven minutes on a Tuesday morning deciding what to put on my feet for a funeral, which tells you something about my priorities and…
Whether Men Can Get Away With A Crossbody Bag Turned Into A Proper Debate
My nephew told me, with the specific confidence of someone who has never once experienced a fanny pack in its natural nineteen nineties habitat, that the crossbody bag is “a…
What Carrying A Crossbody Bag Apparently Says About Me
“You look like you’re about to catch a flight you’re already late for.” That was Renata, a coworker who sits two desks down from me and apparently spends her lunch…
Whether Guys Have Genuine Opinions About Maxi Dresses Or Are Just Being Polite
“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…