The Corset Has A Murkier Origin Story Than I Ever Expected
I used to tell customers the corset was a Victorian torture device invented by men to make women faint decoratively into settees, and I said it with real confidence, usually…
Crop Tops Were Everywhere In The 90s Before My Time, Apparently
I sell swimwear for a living, which means I spend half my shift talking people out of buying the exact same suit they had in a photo from three summers…
Whether Men Like Corsets On Women Or Just Think They Should
I have personally asked eleven different men whether they like corsets on women. Eleven, over about six years, mostly at bars where I had no business bringing up boning as…
Whether Guys Find Crop Tops Attractive Or Just Say So
I was standing in the parking lot outside a Target in Aurora, waiting for my sister to finish returning a blender, when the woman ahead of me in a cropped…
Whether Socks Should Match Your Shoes Or Your Trousers Split My Flatmates Down The Middle
I had a client last month, a guy in his sixties getting fitted for a wedding, tell me his father always matched socks to trousers because “matching them to your…
Whether Straight Men Wear Crop Tops Themselves Is A Different Question To Whether They Like Them
The question “do straight men wear crop tops” is doing something sneaky before you even get to the answer. It’s smuggling in an assumption that a garment carries a sexuality,…
Whether People Still Wear Corsets Day To Day Surprised Me
I found out I’d been wearing a corset “wrong” for three years when my brother’s girlfriend, who actually does historical costuming as a hobby, watched me lace one up before…
I Tried That Viral TikTok Dressing Method Where You Throw Everything on the Floor (Spoiler: My Silk Blouses Were Not Happy)
Let me take you back to last Tuesday. Imagine me – aged approximately 16 (in years I haven’t lived yet), watching teens on TikTok shove every piece of clothing they…
Date Night Dresses For Romantic Evenings
For the longest time, I thought date night dresses were a bizarre, magazine-only subsection of women’s clothing—that fancy column of silk dresses you totally ignore because they require dry cleaning…
Blue Satin Slip Dresses For Simple Days
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…