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Which Knit Goes Over A Shirt

Which Knit Goes Over A Shirt

For a sweater over a shirt collar, start with a fine knit that can sit smoothly at the neck and shoulders.

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Suede in the Rain

Suede in the Rain

What ruins it and what survives

Best Mini Bags

Best Mini Bags

The Mini Bags That Actually Hold Something

Secondhand Skirts for a Night Out

Secondhand Skirts for a Night Out

Hemlines sit differently on different bodies, and a secondhand skirt cannot be tried on. How to read a stated length, and why the waist measurement matters more than the size.

Haircare Staples, Tested

Haircare Staples, Tested

We looked at Verb Heat Protectant on construction, materials and how it holds up. Here is what stood up.

Rings, Necklaces and Charms

Rings, Necklaces and Charms

Buying rings, necklaces and charms comes down to a few checks you can do from the product page. Everything else is preference.

Burgundy Mascara

Burgundy Mascara

The Easiest Colour Makeup

The Gold I Wear Every Single Day

The Gold I Wear Every Single Day

The Best of Gold Selects

Coats Under $250

Coats Under $250

Coats under two hundred fifty dollars are where I look for a strong shape without turning outerwear into a financial event. This edit is about the layers that can finish an outfit, from faux fur and cropped trenches to shirt jackets and knit vests. My rule is to start with the si

Luxury Coats Edit

Luxury Coats Edit

Luxury coats are the outer layer that decides whether the rest of an outfit looks deliberate or merely assembled. I am less interested in a coat that photographs dramatically than one that gives a simple look a strong frame. Leather is the investment category, wool and tweed brin

Mixing Metals On Purpose

Mixing Metals On Purpose

Yes, gold and silver jewellery can be mixed, but the result looks most deliberate when one metal clearly leads. This David Morris edit makes that point with platinum, white gold and rose gold rather than a straightforward silver

How to Wear the Green Hat

How to Wear the Green Hat

The short answer on Green Hat: pick one anchor piece, keep the palette to two colours, and let the shoes decide how formal the whole thing reads. One piece should lead and the rest should stay quiet; two competing pieces read as an accident.

Best Mini Skirts

Best Mini Skirts

The best mini skirts are not necessarily the shortest or the loudest. They are the ones with a clear proportion, a waistband that stays put and enough personality to make the rest of the outfit simple. I use three tests. First, can the skirt work with a flat shoe as well as a hee

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Layered Necklace Edit

Layered Necklace Edit

How To Stack Without Tangling

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Can You Wear Gold and Silver Jewelry Together?

Can You Wear Gold and Silver Jewelry Together?

Whether gold and silver jewelry can be worn together, and the simple rules that make mixed metals look deliberate.

Wide Leg Jeans For Women

Wide Leg Jeans For Women

Finding Your Rise

Ulla Johnson Tops, Blouses and Knitwear: The Styles Worth Buying

Ulla Johnson Tops, Blouses and Knitwear: The Styles Worth Buying

Ulla Johnson tops, blouses, tanks and knits - from crochet and eyelet to silk blouses

South Of France For Labor Day: What To Pack, Day To Night

South Of France For Labor Day: What To Pack, Day To Night

Beach club at noon, real evening dressing at nine, and cobblestones the whole way in between.

How to Wear the 60 Degree Weather

How to Wear the 60 Degree Weather

The short answer on 60 Degree Weather: pick one anchor piece, keep the palette to two colours, and let the shoes decide how formal the whole thing reads. Repeat one element, a metal, a texture or a colour, and an outfit looks deliberate.

Cost Per Wear

Cost Per Wear

How to tell if a piece earns its place

Straw Bags Under $500

Straw Bags Under $500

Straw bags under $500 are useful because they bring texture to an outfit without demanding a complicated colour story. I choose by the job first: a tote for the things that need carrying, a clutch for the evening, a shoulder bag for hands-free days and a woven shape when the text

How to Wear Model Outfits

How to Wear Model Outfits

The short answer on Model Outfits: pick one anchor piece, keep the palette to two colours, and let the shoes decide how formal the whole thing reads. Proportion does more than colour: volume on top wants something narrow below, and the reverse.

Best Pouch Bags

Best Pouch Bags

No Structure, No Problem

How To Wear Farm Rio Prints Once The Weather Turns

How To Wear Farm Rio Prints Once The Weather Turns

Farm Rio's fall drop trades tropical brights for chocolate leather, black denim and dark florals. Here is how to wear the prints past September, plus the dark pieces our editors are buying at Saks, Neiman Marcus and Bloomingdale's.

Evening Clutch Edit

Evening Clutch Edit

Small Bags For Long Nights

Floral Maxi Dresses, Compared

Floral Maxi Dresses, Compared

If you like Free People but not the price or the ubiquity, the useful move is to match the shape and the material rather than hunting a copy. A convincing alternative copies the proportion and the material, not the logo or the hardware.

The Denim Rules Have Loosened

The Denim Rules Have Loosened

Denim is in one of its genuinely unsettled phases, and that is the interesting part. Nothing has replaced the wide leg outright, so several shapes are coexisting instead of one winning. It makes this the least prescriptive denim moment in years.

The Silver Secondhand Jewelry Selection

The Silver Secondhand Jewelry Selection

Tiffany and Company is probably the most liquid name in secondhand jewelry, because it made an enormous amount of sterling silver in the nineteen nineties and two thousands alongside a serious high jewelry business. That is why the resale price range is so wide. Here's some of our favorites