Why My $172 Walmart Wardrobe Got More Compliments Than My Usual $2,000 Suits
Look, let’s lay my prejudice on the table right up front – I started this project with a heavy chip on my shoulder. For years, I’ve made my living writing…
How I Learned to Dress for Job Interviews After Some Pretty Spectacular Failures
I arrived at my interview for a corporate law position feeling pretty good about myself. I wore a charcoal grey suit, painstakingly selected at Men’s Wearhouse. I had spent an…
What British Fashion Editors Actually Wear When It’s Not Fashion Week
The first time I attended London Fashion Week wearing something that passed for business attire – I’d actually managed to acquire press credentials by this point rather than bumbling about…
Why I Started Wearing Sneakers to Work (And You Should Too)
It was about three years ago when I committed what my mother would’ve referred to as “a poor decision.” I wore dark jeans, a white button-up, navy blazer, and white…
Why I Spent $600 on an Overcoat (And Why You Might Not Need To)
Ok, look. Full disclosure here: when I first started caring about my style I didn’t think men wore overcoats. Like, at all. In trendy Old Navy-esque fashion that I sported…
A Month of Thrift Shop Suits: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Secondhand Menswear
Admit it. Clothes shopping at charity shops wasn’t something that came naturally to me. 25 years of suit-wearing at the office. Building up a quality wardrobe. Paying for tailor-made shirts.…
What British Men Over 50 Actually Wear vs What Fashion Magazines Suggest
I was flicking through a men’s style supplement (one of those free sheets that’s been mistakenly ejected from the Sunday paper and that every mannequin in the world wants to…
The Art of Proper Layering: A Distinctly British Skill
I was waiting at Piccadilly Circus last Tuesday and there was a gaggle of tourists stood miserably beneath the screens, absolutely soaked to the skin. The weather had changed from…
Testing Every Pair of High Street Jeans So You Don’t Have To (Spoiler: Some Are Actually Good)
I’m changing into what I swear is the 50th pair of jeans I’ve tried on this month. My thighs are burning from lifting denim trousers leg after denim trousers leg…
The Great British Bank Holiday Wardrobe: Expectations vs Reality
Imagine this: You’re walking along the dreamiest pebbly beach. Sun shining down, hair slightly tousled by the breeze (but not too windy), wearing well-loved selvedge jeans rolled up at the…