Dress Shirt Colors for a Navy Suit
I bought my first real navy suit for a cousin’s engagement party eight years ago, and I paired it with a dress shirt that I was convinced was white. It…
Shirt Colors That Work With a Navy Suit, From White to Bold
I was standing in front of the closet at six forty in the morning, one sock on, coffee going cold on the dresser, holding two shirts up against a navy…
Gray Suit Shoe Colors: Brown, Black, Burgundy and Beyond
I was sitting on the kitchen floor last Sunday night with a can of shoe polish, a horsehair brush, and three pairs of shoes lined up like suspects, trying to…
Navy Pants Outfit Ideas: Colors and Shoes That Work
I was standing at the ironing board on a Tuesday night, working through a basket of clothes that had been sitting there since Thursday, when I noticed something that stopped…
Cream Pants and Jeans: Color Pairings and Outfit Ideas
I own three pairs of cream pants now, which feels like a strange thing to admit given that my first experience with the color ended with me standing in a…
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…
Khaki Pants Made Easy: Colors and Outfit Ideas
I have worn khaki pants at least three times a week for the better part of six years, which by my rough count puts me somewhere past nine hundred separate…
Chelsea Boots: The Jeans and Pants That Sit Right With Them
Chelsea boots get filed under “safe” pretty quickly. Ask anyone what to wear with them and you’ll get the same three words back: skinny jeans, obviously. As if the boot…