Leopard Print Jeans: Treating Them Like a Neutral

Leopard print jeans have a reputation for being a lot. Ask most people what they picture when you say the words and they will describe something loud, something you wear…

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Black Jeans, Endless Outfits: My Rotation of Tops, Shoes and Colors

My sister took one look at me walking into her kitchen last Thanksgiving, wearing the same black jeans I’d worn to her house every single visit for two years, and…

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Barrel Jeans: Getting the Proportions Right With Shoes and Tops

My sister Nadia texted me a photo of herself in a pair of barrel jeans with the caption “tell me the truth, do these make me look like I’m wearing…

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The Everyday Jeans Playbook: Footwear, Blazers and Everything Else

I counted the other day: out of the last thirty outfits I have photographed for the site, twenty six of them started with jeans. Not skirts, not trousers, not the…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Denim Dress Styling: Jackets, Belts, Boots and Coats

I own nine denim dresses. Nine. I counted them properly last weekend while doing a closet cull that was supposed to result in donations, and instead resulted in me standing…

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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…

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