I Let TikTok Dress Me for a Week Based on Daily Trending Hashtags
When my editor suggested I let TikTok dictate my wardrobe for an entire week, my first thought was: “That’s the stupidest idea I’ve ever heard.” My second thought was: “I’m…
Why Is TikTok Suddenly Obsessed With Dressing Like Amish People?
Last week, my 19-year-old cousin Zoe FaceTimed me in a state of fashion emergency. This isn’t unusual—I’m apparently the family’s designated style hotline—but her question caught me off guard. “I…
White Dresses: My Permanent, Unapologetic Obsession
I have a confession. I own more white dresses than any reasonable person needs, and every single summer I buy at least one more. My friend Kira staged what she…
The Random Thrift Store Find That Became My Most Complimented Piece
I’ve been thrifting since before it was cool. Actually, scratch that—I’ve been thrifting since it was actively uncool, back when admitting your clothes came from a secondhand store would get…
I Recreated Iconic Movie Outfits Using Only Thrift Store Finds
It started as a tipsy dare at Emma’s birthday dinner. Six of us were crammed into a booth at this dimly lit restaurant in Williamsburg, halfway through our second round…
I Tried the Viral ‘Get Ready With Me’ Challenge Using Only Thrifted Pieces
It started, as all my worst ideas do, at 1 AM on a Tuesday after three glasses of wine and a dangerous amount of scrolling. I was deep in a…
I Tried the Viral ‘Three-Word Method’ for Defining My Style and It Changed Everything
As someone who has spent her entire adult life working in fashion, you’d think I’d have a rock-solid sense of personal style by now. A clearly defined aesthetic that guides…
Tenniscore Beyond the Court: How the Sports Aesthetic Took Over Fashion
The tennis skirt first found me in the back of my mother’s closet somewhere around 1998. I was eleven years old, in that awkward phase where my knees seemed disproportionately…
The $30 Target Piece That Keeps Getting Mistaken for The Row
The moment happened three weeks ago at a gallery opening in Chelsea. I was hovering near the free champagne (as one does) when a woman with the kind of expensive…
Everyone Keeps Asking About My ‘Designer’ Bag, But It’s Actually From Target
The incident that changed my entire perspective on luxury fashion happened in the Style Compass USA elevator, of all places. Picture this: I’m standing there in my usual work uniform—oversized…
Trophy Wife or Soccer Mom? The Suburban Style Archetypes Getting a Chic Makeover
It happened at a Prada show last fall. I was squished into one of those impossibly small fashion week folding chairs, mentally calculating how many instant ramen packets I’d need…
The Random Styling Trick That Makes Any Outfit Look More Expensive
If you’ve ever stood in front of your closet feeling like you have absolutely nothing to wear despite the fact that you can barely close your dresser drawers, I have…