“Don’t look yet,” the stylist said, busying himself with something near the model’s elbow. “I’m doing the ice cube thing.” I’d been nestled into the corner of an oversized chair…
You know how sometimes trends feel like collective neuroses we as a society agree to have all at once? Well, we’re definitely in one of those right now. Everyone wants…
“Jeans and a nice top.” I’ve texted those exact words back and forth, usually prefaced with “what are you wearing,” about three hundred times in my life. I reserve that…
I was waiting backstage during a fashion shoot recently when I noticed a chic stylist casually unloading some black opaque tights from an M&S bag. Not one of those paper…
I almost tossed my phone out the window of my 15th-floor office that Tuesday morning. Midscroll through Instagram, I had become fixated on achieving the most effortless business casual. The…
For the last five years, we’ve collectively lived in a beige bubble. Immaculate cream-colored sofas that no children (or actual humans) have ever touched. “Effortless” neutrals linen closet staples that…
Let’s be real. When it comes to clothing nothing that promises to be “life-changing” actually is. Remember the jeans that were going to give you washboard abs so everyone would…
There was one rule I always took seriously about working out: no makeup. Ever since college when my roommate spent 20 minutes applying a full face before our morning 6…
I remember where I was standing when I saw it. I was in line at my favorite coffee shop in Williamsburg mindlessly scrolling Instagram and trying to ignore work emails…
On my mother’s fireplace mantle in Atlanta is a picture of my great-grandfather outside his church in 1985. He’s wearing his finest: high-waisted pleated pants, suspenders, a buttoned-up cardigan, and…