Light Blue Jeans: Colors and Outfits for a Softer Denim Look

I wore light blue jeans to a rehearsal dinner once, paired with a chambray shirt I genuinely believed was “a different enough shade” to pass as intentional. It was not.…

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Jean Jacket Basics: Which Pants Look Best With One

I bought my first jean jacket at nineteen, paired it with jeans that were maybe half a shade off from the jacket, and wore the whole outfit to a barbecue…

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Cream Pants and Jeans: Color Pairings and Outfit Ideas

I own three pairs of cream pants now, which feels like a strange thing to admit given that my first experience with the color ended with me standing in a…

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Skinny Jeans, Still Going: Footwear and Tops That Feel Current

I was standing in front of the closet at seven in the morning, coffee already going lukewarm on the dresser, doing the thing I do most days, which is stare…

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Mens Black Jeans: Building Outfits From Tees to Jackets

I ironed my black jeans once. Properly ironed them, crease down the front like school trousers, because I had a second interview for a job I badly wanted and I’d…

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Light Gray Pants and Jeans for Women: Easy Outfit Ideas

I counted last month, because counting things is basically my whole personality at this point, professionally and otherwise, and light gray pants or jeans made it into eleven separate outfits…

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Denim Jacket for Women: Pants That Work With It

I own eleven denim jackets. Eleven. I counted them properly last month while doing a closet cull that was supposed to result in bags for donation, and instead resulted in…

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Barrel Leg Jeans: What to Wear With Them and the Shoes That Suit

My sister in law took one look at me walking into her kitchen last month and said, “Are those jeans… wide at the bottom but not flared? What are we…

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Loose Jeans and Loose Pants: How to Keep Outfits Balanced

I was standing in front of the dryer at close to eleven at night, pulling out a load of jeans while they were still a little damp, because I have…

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Womens Loafers: Socks, Pants and Jeans That Suit Them

Someone in my office, a woman two desks over who wears exclusively black and grey and has never once complimented my clothes, called loafers “the sensible aunt of shoes.” I…

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