My Linen Trousers Came Out Of The Wash A Different Size Than I Remembered

I spent a solid fifteen years telling anyone who’d listen that linen doesn’t shrink, not really, that the whole thing was overblown fabric folklore passed down from people who’d washed…

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Chinos To A Wedding Turned Into A Full Debate In My Group Chat

My coworker Danny sent a photo of himself in olive chinos and a blazer at 11pm on a Tuesday with the message “wedding appropriate or am I an idiot” and…

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A Blazer Alone Might Not Be Doing The Smart Casual Job People Think It Does

I bought a blazer specifically for one wedding rehearsal dinner in Franklin, secondhand, structured shoulder, the kind of navy that photographs as black in bad lighting. Paid forty two dollars…

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A Tank Top At Work Depends Entirely On What Ends Up Layered Over It

Okay so someone in my comments asked “is a tank top appropriate for work” like it was a yes or no question and I sat with my phone for a…

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The Blazer Requirement For Business Casual Might Be Outdated Advice

I kept a navy blazer on the back of my office chair for three straight years in the early 2000s. Never wore it once that I can actually remember, just…

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Loafers With Jeans Feels Like An Unwritten Rule Ive Been Quietly Breaking

A colleague asked me last month, over Slack, in the middle of an actual budget review, whether loafers “counted” as real shoes to wear with jeans or if she’d be…

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The Blazer To A Wedding Rule Might Just Be An Assumption Nobody Checked

I built a whole cost benefit case for a navy blazer two Aprils ago, the way I build cases for everything, cost per wear, versatility across three separate weddings that…

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My Loafers Slip At The Heel And I Wanted To Know If Thats Normal

My roommate walked in on me standing on one leg in the hallway, heel hovering half out of a penny loafer like I was mid escape from a burning building,…

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Breaking In Loafers Sounds Like An Excuse For A Bad Fit, So I Questioned It

Okay so someone commented on a loafer video I posted, “these look painful, glad they’ll break in,” and I just sat with that for a second because. Did they, though.…

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I Wore Loafers Both Ways For A Week To See Which One Wins

My downstairs neighbor Deb saw me twice in one week wearing the exact same navy penny loafers, and both times she said the same thing: “Those look great.” Monday, bare…

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