Womens Blazer Outfits: What to Wear Under and Over
I was standing at the ironing board at seven in the morning, coffee going cold on the counter, running the tip of the iron along a sleeve that had picked…
Joggers Styled Up: Shoes, Boots, Coats and Jackets
I own fourteen pairs of joggers. Fourteen. I counted them properly last Sunday, laid out on the bed like some sort of intervention, and stood there doing the math on…
Shirt Colors for Gray Pants
I once showed up to a friend’s engagement dinner wearing a lavender shirt with charcoal gray pants and what I can only describe, in hindsight, as a general air of…
Denim Shirt: Bottoms and Jackets That Work
I own six denim shirts. Not because I set out to collect them, but because every time I think I have the right one, some detail is slightly off, the…
Wide Leg Jeans: The Shoes and Tops That Actually Work With Them
I bought my first pair of wide leg jeans standing in a fitting room that smelled like new denim and desperation, on a lunch break, with exactly eleven minutes before…
Mens Denim Jacket: What to Wear Under It and With It
I own six denim jackets. Six. I did not set out to own six of anything, let alone six versions of the same garment in roughly the same shade of…
Chinos for Guys: Simple Outfit Formulas
The word on chinos has been settled for so long that nobody even argues about it anymore. They are the pants of guys who stopped trying. The default when jeans…
Shirt Colors That Work With a Navy Suit, From White to Bold
I was standing in front of the closet at six forty in the morning, one sock on, coffee going cold on the dresser, holding two shirts up against a navy…
Gray Suit Shoe Colors: Brown, Black, Burgundy and Beyond
I was sitting on the kitchen floor last Sunday night with a can of shoe polish, a horsehair brush, and three pairs of shoes lined up like suspects, trying to…
Polo Shirt Styling: What Goes Over It, Under It and With It
For years I thought the polo shirt was the single most boring garment a person could own. It had this reputation, fair or not, of belonging to golf courses, corporate…