Over Bump Jeans For Pregnancy
Let me start by saying that I never thought I’d become a girl with opinions about maternity jean waistbands. Like, ever. But at 7 months pregnant and still striving to…
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…
I spent a week learning what “cores” are and now I understand why Gen Z thinks I’m ancient
My phone buzzed at 7: 23 am Thursday morning with a text from my younger sister Emma asking, “Madison are you more cottagecore or dark academia?” I had literally JUST…
My Wimbledon Fashion Disaster (And What I Learned About Dressing for SW19)
In the years leading up to actually securing tickets to Wimbledon fortnight, I’d spent several queued up with wet thumbs waiting for ballot tickets that would actually give me a…
The styling principles that never go out of fashion
I still remember buying them. I was nineteen years old and buying my first “real” piece of clothing from a tiny boutique in Manchester. Black wide-leg trousers. £85. A huge…
The little dress alternatives to black that work harder
Full disclosure: I’m a lifelong little black dress devotee. So much so that last summer I experienced a dressing room epiphany after realising something quite tragic while searching for an…
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…
I Spent a Week Dressing for Imaginary Adventures While Going to My Soul-Crushing Office Job
It’s a Tuesday morning at 7:28 am. I’m standing in my underwear before my closet contemplating what I’ll wear to work that day. For the first time in my life,…
The Returns Section Shopping Hack That Changed How I Think About Fashion
Consider this your unofficial FIDSTORY fashion designer guarantee: I will now get furious texts from stylist friends when this posts. But y’know what? Newsflash: I’m terrible at keeping secrets that…
Why Fashion Stylists Are Secretly Hoarding M&S Basics (And You Should Too)
I was backstage at a fashion week adjacent show. You know the ones; one of those stark white/black set shoots where everyone takes themselves far too seriously for discussion of…