I Got Into An Argument About Whether Plain White T-shirt Is Ok
My friend Priya asked the question that started it all whilst we were stood in the queue at the coffee van outside her office. “Plain white t- shirt is a…



































































































My friend Priya asked the question that started it all whilst we were stood in the queue at the coffee van outside her office. “Plain white t- shirt is a…
Declan and I were half way through a bottle of Malbec at Priya’s flat in November when things got heated. The argument, such as it was, was about nothing particularly…
I was standing over the ironing board at half six on a Tuesday, doing that thing where you iron one pair of trousers and somehow end up doing four shirts…
I spent about three years convinced cargo trousers were a costume for people who cycle unnecessarily fast through London parks, and I owed the entire category an apology the day…
Grey joggers only earn their keep once you stop thinking of them as loungewear and start treating them as a base layer with structure. The good ones have enough weight…
Grey trainers get dismissed as the safe option, which misses why they actually work harder than white or black. The right shade of grey behaves like a neutral in the…
Cream trainers earn their place for one reason above all others: they read as considered without trying too hard. White trainers can look clinical, almost orthopaedic, when they are fresh…
I said for years that black joggers were a cop out. The sort of thing you reach for when you’ve given up, not styled up. I was wrong, and it…
Brown solves a problem white trainers never quite manage, which is looking deliberate rather than laundered. A good brown trainer reads as leather goods first and sportswear second, closer in…
Grey wide leg trousers work when the fabric has enough weight to fall in a clean line from the hip rather than cling or flare unpredictably. A heavier crepe, a…