Claire’s Pick of the Best Black Bridesmaid Dresses
Every black bridesmaid dress I’ve ever put a client in has one thing in common: nobody admits they picked it because it’s the safe choice until about three drinks into…
Our Favorite Black Bodycon Dresses Right Now
There was a stretch, maybe four years ago, when I would have told you the black bodycon dress was a young person’s problem, the kind of thing you wear at…
The Best Beige Blazers For Layering This Season
I argued for two years that beige on top of anything was a mistake unless you were extremely tan or extremely pale, no in between. My brother settled it by…
The Perfect Black Blazer For A Night Out
I don’t sell blazers, I sell swimwear, but there’s a running joke on the shop floor about me buttoning everything all the way up like I’m about to inspect a…
The Perfect Black Bucket Bag For The Office
Almost everyone I’ve asked about this agrees the black bucket bag is the correct office bag. One person, my brother Sam, thinks it’s a lazy default for people who couldn’t…
Shop the Beige Maxi Dresses We’d Actually Wear
Everyone I know agrees the beige maxi dress is the smartest thing you can own for the exact three months where it’s too hot for real clothes and too public…
The Black Tie Dresses Worth Your Money
I owe an apology to the woman who spent $340 on a black tie dress in 2011, wore it exactly once to a hospital foundation gala, and then let it…
Our Favorite Beige Vests Right Now
There was a proper argument in my office kitchen last month that I’m still not fully recovered from, started because the woman two desks over wore a beige gilet over…
Shop the Black Cardigans We’d Actually Wear
I have a client who once told me she owned “eleven, maybe twelve” black cardigans, and when I asked her to actually count, it was nineteen. Nineteen. And she wore,…
Shop the Beige Slip Dresses We’d Actually Wear
I’d like to have a word with the woman who bought her first beige slip dress in 1994 thinking it made her look like she’d wandered off the set of…