A Reddit Thread Convinced Me Denim Jackets Stretch, So I Tested It Myself
I bought a denim jacket two sizes too small on purpose. That’s the confession, right up front, because otherwise none of what follows makes sense. It was $6 at the…
Loafers With Jeans Feels Like An Unwritten Rule Ive Been Quietly Breaking
A colleague asked me last month, over Slack, in the middle of an actual budget review, whether loafers “counted” as real shoes to wear with jeans or if she’d be…
Loafers With Jeans Might Be Fighting My Silhouette More Than Helping It
I stood in front of the mirror on a Tuesday, fully dressed for a lunch I did not need to dress up for, and had the specific thought that I…
The 90s Denim Jacket Reputation Followed Me Into A Charity Shop Rail
My roommate Dana treats every stiff, boxy denim jacket on a charity shop rail like she’s found a relic, holds it up like it’s a museum piece, says “this is…
Denim Jackets Were A Whole 80s Uniform I Somehow Missed
My sister had just dropped three photos into the family group chat, dug out of a box in our mother’s garage, one from my cousin’s wedding, one from a backyard…
I Had No Idea Where Jeans Came From Until I Looked It Up
“Denim’s from Levi’s, obviously, that’s just where jeans come from.” That’s what a guy at a vintage fair in Nashville told me while I was digging through a bin of…
Whether Anyone Still Reaches For A Denim Jacket Got Debated At My Desk
The phrase that gets thrown around is “do people still wear denim jackets,” and that one word, “still,” is doing so much sneaky work I almost want to flag it…
According to TikTok, We’re All Wearing Jeans Wrong
I knew I was officially old when a 22-year-old intern tsk-tsked me for how I wore jeans. It wasn’t when I noticed my first gray hair (hey Steve, I see…
I Literally Tried On Every Single Jean at John Lewis Until I Found THE Ones (Spoiler: There Were Two)
Truly. There are only three things I hate more than trying on jeans: having my wisdom teeth removed, trying to explain TikTok to my father, and watching my toddler nephew’s…
Why “Jeans and a Nice Top” Is Having Its Best Fashion Moment in Years
“Jeans and a nice top.” I’ve texted those exact words back and forth, usually prefaced with “what are you wearing,” about three hundred times in my life. I reserve that…