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…
For a long time I boycotted beige. Factually-speaking: my logic, such as it was, went something like this: beige is what colour aspirations start out as and then become if…
For years I avoided beige like it was the clothing version of speaking up at a dinner party. Boring, unassuming, it whispered of people who don’t want to offend by…
For a long time I thought beige was the aural equivalent of a shrug. Nothing says “I don’t care” like beige. When my flatmate Priya saw me trying one on…
I bought a beige coat in 2019 that made me look like I was trying to audition for The Archers as an estate agent commissioned by a publisher to populate…
For two years I swore I hated beige denim. It took me that long to realise beige denim is not khaki that’s given up. Insane, I know. But hear me…
Tan is hard to get right in a mini dress; it hugs the body so closely that any textureless fabric feels cheap as soon as you put it on. Ones…
Tan is the colour that elevates a maxi dress from merely long to considered. It’s warmer than beige, quieter than camel, and it’s close enough to skin tone that it…
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…
A cream cropped top has to work harder than a white one, because there is no clean, obvious version of cream. It shifts with the light and with whatever sits…