Black Wide Leg Pants: Tops, Jackets and Shoes
The reputation black wide leg pants carry is that they are a magic trick you cannot mess up, the one pants silhouette that makes everyone look taller, leaner, more put…
Gray Chinos: Shirt Colors and Shoes That Work
My sister took one look at me walking into her kitchen last Thanksgiving, wearing charcoal gray chinos with a rust colored flannel and white sneakers, and said, “Okay, when did…
Mens Chinos: Shoes and Outfits That Work Beyond Office Days
My brother in law took one look at me walking into his kitchen last Thanksgiving and said, “Since when do you own actual clothes?” I was wearing olive chinos, a…
Gray Joggers Outfits: Shirts, Shoes and Colors
I was folding laundry on a Sunday afternoon, the kind where you turn on a podcast you’re not really listening to and just sort by pile, when I hit the…
Cargo Pants Styling: Tops, Shoes, Jackets and Colors
I bought my first pair of cargo pants in a fit of confidence I had not earned. This was a few years back, olive green, six pockets, a drawstring hem…
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…
What Color Shirt Goes With a Blue Suit?
I own eleven blue suits. Eleven. I counted them properly last month while doing a closet purge that was supposed to result in fewer suits and instead resulted in me…
Wide Leg Jeans in Winter: Shoes and Outfits for Cold Days
The reputation on wide leg jeans in winter is that they’re impractical, full stop. They drag through slush, they need the kind of shoe you can’t wear once the sidewalks…
Chino Shorts: Shoes, Shirts and Socks That Work
My friend Theo walked into my kitchen in July, looked at my feet for a solid three seconds, and said “you’re wearing hiking socks with sandals on purpose, right, this…
Which Color Pants Go With a Navy Blazer?
The reputation is that a navy blazer only really works with gray pants, maybe khakis if you’re feeling loose, and that’s the whole conversation. Every men’s style guide I’ve ever…