Black Satin Skirt: Simple Tops and Shoes That Let It Shine
I own exactly one black satin skirt, a midi with a bias cut that hits just below the knee, and I have worn it, by my own rough count going…
Sequin Dress Styling: Jackets, Shoes, Bags and Earrings
I was standing at the ironing board on an ordinary Tuesday night, steaming the creases out of a plain cotton shirt for work the next day, when my eye landed…
Matching Shoes to a Gold Dress
Okay so my roommate Dana walked into the living room while I was doing my third outfit check in the hallway mirror, looked at my feet, and said, “absolutely not,…
Shoe Colors for a Gold Dress
I wore a gold dress to my firm’s holiday party in 2019 with the shoes I use to walk to the T. Gray suede sneakers, slightly scuffed at the toe,…
Satin Skirt for a Night Out: What to Pair It With
The satin skirt has a reputation for looking cheap the second you move wrong under bad lighting, and for about fifteen years I believed that completely. I’d wear one, catch…
Silk Skirt: Styling Ideas
Everyone talks about silk skirts like they’re a hazard. Dry clean only, wrinkles if you breathe near it, only comes out for the one wedding a year where you’re forced…
Silver Sequin Skirt: Tops That Work
I own four silver sequin skirts. Four. I counted them last week while doing a closet purge that was supposed to result in fewer things, not an inventory of a…
Black Sequin Dress: Shoes, Jewelry, Earrings and Tights
I was folding laundry on my kitchen floor Sunday afternoon, the kind of task where you end up sorting three other piles you didn’t mean to start, and one of…
Corset Outfits: Skirts, Layers and What Goes Underneath
I own seven corsets. Actually own, not “have tried on and returned,” seven, sitting in my closet right now, and I wore one four times last week alone, which I…
Silver Dress Shoe Colors
I bought gold sandals for a silver dress once, and not cheap ones either, sixty eight dollars at a store that definitely marked them up because the word “wedding” was…