According to TikTok, We’re All Wearing Jeans Wrong
The moment I realised I had become officially old wasn’t when I found my first grey hair (I named him Steve and promptly yanked him out), or when my knees…
The ‘For You Page’ Made Me Buy It: Viral TikTok Fashion Finds Actually Worth The Hype
I have a confession to make that would have gotten me fired from any respectable fashion publication circa 2019: I buy things because TikTok tells me to. Me, a thirty-something…
I Let TikTok Dress Me for a Week Based on Daily Trending Hashtags
When my editor suggested I let TikTok dictate my wardrobe for an entire week, my first thought was: “That’s the stupidest idea I’ve ever heard.” My second thought was: “I’m…
Why Is TikTok Suddenly Obsessed With Dressing Like Amish People?
Last week, my 19-year-old cousin Zoe FaceTimed me in a state of fashion emergency. This isn’t unusual—I’m apparently the family’s designated style hotline—but her question caught me off guard. “I…
White Dresses: My Permanent, Unapologetic Obsession
I have a confession. I own more white dresses than any reasonable person needs, and every single summer I buy at least one more. My friend Kira staged what she…
The Random Thrift Store Find That Became My Most Complimented Piece
I’ve been thrifting since before it was cool. Actually, scratch that—I’ve been thrifting since it was actively uncool, back when admitting your clothes came from a secondhand store would get…
I Recreated Iconic Movie Outfits Using Only Thrift Store Finds
It started as a tipsy dare at Emma’s birthday dinner. Six of us were crammed into a booth at this dimly lit restaurant in Williamsburg, halfway through our second round…
I Tried the Viral ‘Get Ready With Me’ Challenge Using Only Thrifted Pieces
It started, as all my worst ideas do, at 1 AM on a Tuesday after three glasses of wine and a dangerous amount of scrolling. I was deep in a…
I Tried the Viral ‘Three-Word Method’ for Defining My Style and It Changed Everything
As someone who has spent her entire adult life working in fashion, you’d think I’d have a rock-solid sense of personal style by now. A clearly defined aesthetic that guides…
Tenniscore Beyond the Court: How the Sports Aesthetic Took Over Fashion
The tennis skirt first found me in the back of my mother’s closet somewhere around 1998. I was eleven years old, in that awkward phase where my knees seemed disproportionately…