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…
The Best Beige Blazers For Layering This Season
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…
The Best Beige Cardigans
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…
The Trench Coats and You Look Taller Myth I Finally Looked Into Properly
I bought my first real trench coat in 2019, after a woman at the till in a Leeds shopping centre told me it would “elongate” me. I am five foot…
The Perfect Beige Coat For The Office
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…
I Spent a Year Buying Trousers with Brown Shoes So You Dont Have To Get It Wrong
Brown shoes have been given a bad reputation. Ask the average person what you pair brown shoes with and they’ll probably say “smart casual”, they’re the shoe you wear with…
Shop the Trench Coats We’d Actually Wear
Proven by years of wear and re-wear, a quality trench knows how to earn its place in your wardrobe, it doesn’t simply hang there by virtue of its brand name.…
Does Loafers Actually Make You Taller? I Went Looking For a Real Answer
I used to think loafers were the sensible shoe. You know the one. The loafers. The thing you wear when you’ve stopped trying to pretend your legs go anywhere near…
The Best Wrap Cardigans
Why wrap cardigans work: they do one thing, and they do it well. They bridge the gap between smart and casual without making you look compromised by either. The belt…
The Trench Coat Gets Reissued So Often I Wonder If It Ever Left
“A trench coat buys you a coat and a half” a shop assistant told me circa 2011 while I drunkenly stared at myself in a full-length mirror wearing a beige…