My first styling client outside of college friends was my cousin Mike—6’4″, former linebacker build, worked construction in Milwaukee. Poor guy had been wearing the same three XL t-shirts and…
I Tried Every White T-Shirt Under $50 to Find the Perfect One Three months, twenty-seven brands, forty-two different white t-shirts, and one very confused delivery guy later, I’ve finally done…
It started as a dare, if I’m being honest. My editor and I were having one of those late-afternoon conversations that happens when both of us are procrastinating on actual…
The first time I realized vintage clothes were sometimes better than new ones, I was 19 and had just found a 1960s Pendleton wool shirt at a Salvation Army in…
The precise moment I knew I had a problem was standing in the security line at O’Hare, watching a family of four check fewer bags than I had packed for…
I Wore the Same Thing Every Day for a Month and No One Noticed Let’s get something straight right off the bat—I am not, by nature, a minimalist. My closet…
The first time I ever walked into a thrift store with the intent to actually buy something, I was twenty-two and broke as hell. My first “real” job interview was…
I got a panicked text from my buddy Chris last Thursday night. “HELP. Got promoted to senior management. Meeting with CEO Monday. Entire wardrobe screams ‘junior analyst.’ No time to…
The first time I walked into a major tech campus in Palo Alto, I felt like I’d entered some bizarre social experiment where they’d eliminated all clothing choices to reduce…