Beyond Dress Shoes: Casual Footwear With a Navy Suit
I counted, once, out of pure boredom on a delayed flight: over the last two years I have worn my navy suit on twenty six separate occasions that I could…
Wearing Red Dress Shoes: The Outfits That Make Them Work
I was on the floor of my closet on a Sunday afternoon, sorting through a box of shoes for the donation pile, when I pulled out a pair of red…
Beige Pants Color Pairings: Beyond Cream and White
Beige pants have a reputation for being the sensible choice, the pants you buy when you have given up on having an opinion about your closet. My mother owned a…
Baggy Jeans, Balanced: Tops and Shoes That Keep the Look Sharp
I own eleven pairs of baggy jeans. Eleven. I counted them properly last weekend while doing laundry, laying them out across the bed like some kind of denim crime scene,…
Chinos Beyond the Office: Shoes, Boots, Blazers and Coats
Chinos have a reputation problem. Ask most people what they picture when you say the word and you get some version of the same image: khaki pants, slightly too roomy…
Brown Pants Are Easier to Style Than You Think
I own eleven pairs of brown pants right now. I counted them last week while doing a closet purge that was supposed to result in fewer pants and instead resulted…
White Jeans Without the Stress: Tops, Shoes and What Goes Underneath
My mother took one look at me walking into her kitchen in white jeans and a black top and said, “You’re going to spill coffee on those before you get…
A Denim Jacket Goes With More Than You Think: Bottoms, Shoes and Layers
My sister showed up at my place on a Tuesday to drop off a casserole dish she had borrowed months earlier, took one look at what I was wearing, and…
Blue Jeans and Blue Pants: Shoes, Shirts and Color Partners
For years I owned exactly one pair of black leather oxfords and I wore them with everything, including, on one memorably bad night, a pair of mid wash blue jeans…
Flare Jeans in Real Life: Boots, Tops and the Right Hem Length
I was on my knees on the kitchen floor last Tuesday with three pins in my mouth and a tape measure looped around my neck like a stethoscope, trying to…