I’ve spent way too many afternoons in cramped, fluorescent-lit dressing rooms watching people walk out of a shop feeling like they’ve suddenly gai
Never Trust a Changing Room Mirror
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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.
Colour Analysis: Useful Idea, Overstated Science
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Finding an Alterations Tailor Worth Keeping
I spent two years in a basement studio pinning bridal hems until my eyes blurred, and if there is one thing I learned, it’s that the fashion industr
The Complete Guide to Shopping Secondhand
I spent two years in a basement studio pinning hems for a bridal shop, and if there is one thing those silk slips taught me, it’s that a "bargain" i
Phone Cases: Drop Protection Versus Pocket Bulk
Stop letting tech brands convince you that a $60 silicone slab is a "lifestyle essential" just because it has a minimalist aesthetic. I spent two year
Darning a Hole So It Disappears
I was sitting on my floor last Tuesday, surrounded by a mountain of "unwearable" cashmere, when I realized most people treat a tiny hole in a sweater
Cufflinks Need the Right Cuff First
I spent three years in a cramped basement studio pinning hems for a bridal shop, and if there is one thing I learned, it’s that people will spend a
Working Out How Many Shirts You Genuinely Need
I spent three years in a cramped basement studio pinning hems for brides who were convinced that a larger wardrobe was the cure for a lack of confiden
The Complete Guide to Storing Clothes
Stop buying those expensive, aesthetic acrylic bins just because an influencer told you they’d fix your life; they won't. Most "complete guide to st
Why Clothes Look Different in Photographs
Stop listening to the influencers telling you that you need a $500 linen set or a professional lighting kit to look decent in a photo. It’s a lie de