Womens Navy Blazer: Looks Worth Trying

I used to think the navy blazer was the blazer equivalent of oatmeal. Perfectly fine, technically correct, the thing you wear when you don’t want to be noticed. For about…

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Black Jeans for Men: Tops and Layers That Work

My husband owns six pairs of black jeans. I know this because I counted them last Sunday while doing laundry, laid them out on the bed like some kind of…

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Womens Blazer: What to Wear With It and Underneath

I counted my blazers this morning, actually got up and counted, because a client asked me last week how many I owned and I genuinely didn’t know. Eleven. Eleven blazers…

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Black Denim Jacket: Jeans, Pants and Shirts That Work

My sister called me on a Tuesday, which she never does, just to tell me she’d seen a photo of me in my black denim jacket standing next to my…

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Peplum Top: Layers, Jeans, Pants and Skirts

I did an actual count last week, standing in front of my closet with my coffee going cold, and the number was fourteen. Fourteen peplum tops. Not blouses that happen…

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Barrel Jeans in Winter: Shoes That Work in Cold Weather

The first time I wore barrel jeans out in actual winter, not just around the apartment where the worst hazard is a rug, I put them with a pair of…

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Light Blue Suit: Which Shoe Colors Work?

I reach for this suit about eleven times a year, which I know because I actually tracked it last year in the same spreadsheet I use for expense reports, because…

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The Coat Every Finance Woman Needs But Can’t Find: Professional Warmth That Actually Works

I was getting dressed after work last Tuesday in the Nordstrom fitting room trying on, what I can only assume was the fifteenth winter coat of the season when I…

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The best shirt dresses for effortless styling

I’ll never forget the moment I realised shirt dresses were life-changing. It was at my friend Emma’s garden party last summer and I’d arrived in what I thought was a…

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