Why “Jeans and a Nice Top” Is Having Its Best Fashion Moment in Years
“Jeans and a nice top.” I’ve probably texted those exact words about three hundred times in my life, usually in response to someone asking what I’m wearing to whatever we’re…
Why Fashion Stylists Are Secretly Hoarding M&S Basics (And You Should Too)
Okay, so picture this: I’m backstage at what’s basically fashion week adjacent—you know, one of those shoots where everyone’s wearing all black and looking very serious about hemlines—and I spot…
I Spent My Lunch Break Trying to Copy Instagram Outfits and Now I’m Having Trust Issues
Let me tell you about the Tuesday I almost threw my phone out my 15th-floor office window while trying to recreate what looked like the world’s most effortless business casual…
I Fell for the Instagram Pants Everyone’s Obsessing Over (And I’m Not Even Mad About It)
Look, I’ve been around fashion long enough to know that anything promising to be “life-changing” probably isn’t. Remember those jeans that were supposed to make your butt look like a…
I Spent a Week Trying TikTok’s “Gym Lips” Trend and Suddenly Everyone Wanted to Talk to Me
I’ve always been proud of my zero-makeup gym policy. It started back in college when my roommate would spend twenty minutes applying a full face before our 6 AM Pilates…
I Spent $400 Copying My Grandfather’s Wardrobe and Now I’m the Coolest Person in Finance
There’s this photo on my mom’s mantelpiece back in Atlanta – my great-grandfather in 1985, standing outside his church in his Sunday best. High-waisted pleated pants, suspenders, a cardigan buttoned…
When My 72-Year-Old Aunt and 19-Year-Old Cousin Reached for the Same Sweater: What Fashion Generations Actually Share
So there I was last Christmas, nursing a slightly-too-strong eggnog and watching what might’ve been the most fascinating fashion moment of the year unfold in my parents’ living room. My…
The One Outfit Formula That Never Fails Me (And Why It Actually Matters for Sustainable Style)
I need to confess something that might sound ridiculous coming from someone who writes about sustainable fashion: I wear basically the same outfit at least twice a week, and I’m…
Five Pieces, Thirty Outfits: How My Fashion Crisis Taught Me Everything About Smart Shopping
My bedroom looked like a crime scene last October, but instead of chalk outlines, there were piles of clothes everywhere. I’m talking actual mountains of fabric – seven years of…
I Fooled Every Fashion Editor at NYFW With $30 H&M Pieces and I’m Still Cackling
Okay so this whole thing started because I was being petty, and honestly? No regrets. I was at this industry dinner party – you know the type, where everyone’s trying…