Stop listening to those "capsule wardrobe" influencers who tell you that you need to spend a month’s rent on twenty identical beige linen shirts jus
Deciding on Sunday What You Wear All Week
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Author: Neve Okonkwo-Barr
The industry wants you to believe style is a shopping problem. It is a fit problem, and fit is mostly fixable for the price of a coffee and a trip to someone with a machine. I will tell you which fabrics survive a year, what a good alteration costs, why the expensive coat is sometimes worse than the cheap one, and how to build a wardrobe that works on a Wednesday. I will never tell you something is 'investment' unless I can show you the maths.
Choosing a Knot for the Collar You Own
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Suit Fit: the Four Places That Cannot Be Fixed
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Sewing a Button So It Stays on
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The Shoulder Is Where a Jacket Is Won or Lost
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Repairs Worth Doing Yourself
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Moths Eat What Is Dirty, Not What Is Old
I once spent a frantic Saturday morning in my grandmother’s tiny sewing room, staring at a beautiful, vintage wool cardigan that had been reduced to
The Complete Guide to Looking After Clothes
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Tie Width Follows Lapel Width
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Storage That Does Not Ruin What You Own
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