Here’s something I’d surely lose my job at any respectable fashion magazine doing today, around the year 2019: I purchase items off TikTok. I, a 30-something fashion editor who’s been…
I knew I was officially old when a 22-year-old intern tsk-tsked me for how I wore jeans. It wasn’t when I noticed my first gray hair (hey Steve, I see…
How many of us have found ourselves on TikTok past our bedtime, mindlessly scrolling? I have okayed my bank account countless times this way, watching #gett readywithme videos and thinking:…
Last month, I was browsing through a vintage store in Philadelphia when I spotted someone doing something most women (myself included) often stop doing after a certain age: playing dress…
A few weeks ago, I was browsing through an antique store in Philadelphia when I spotted a woman in the accessories section pinning brooches to her lapel. She held up…
I have a confession. One that would have got me fired from any decent fashion magazine around 2019: I purchase items because TikTok tells me to. Full stop. Me, a…
“No, Mom, it’s supposed to look like that.” I groaned into my phone. It was an uphill battle trying to describe why I spent a truly embarrassing percentage of my…
Confession: I have a folder on my phone titled “If I Won The Lottery” filled entirely with screenshots from The Row. And when I say entirely, I mean entirely. Vacations?…
A couple of weekends ago, I met my friend David for brunch wearing a mustard yellow beret, a belted camel coat with oversized tortoiseshell buttons, and loafers with different colored…
One day last month, I had an extra half hour before dinner with a friend. It was in a part of town I didn’t frequent very often. You know the…