How to Wear Dresses in a Windy City

Wearing dresses in windy weather: smiling woman in a flowy midi dress on a windy city street

If you live in a windy city, you know the daily math: check the forecast, check the flags, decide whether a dress is worth the fight. Learning how to wear dresses in a windy city is less about giving up the dresses you love and more about building a small system of choices, from fabric … Read more

How to Style a Slip Dress: The Three-Layer System That Works Every Time

Woman wearing a silk slip dress

A slip dress is one of the simplest garments to own and one of the easiest to get wrong. Learning how to style a slip dress comes down to three decisions, not twenty outfits: what you put under it, what you put over it, and what goes on your feet. Get those three right and … Read more

How to Style a Midi Dress for Every Occasion: A Complete Styling System

Woman wearing a midi dress

A midi dress is one of the hardest-working pieces in a closet, and learning how to style a midi dress is less about owning more clothes and more about knowing a few repeatable moves. One dress can cover work, weekends, and evenings when you change what goes over it, under it, around the waist, and … Read more

How to Choose Shoes with Dresses: The Simple Matching System

Pair of stylish shoes next to a dress

Standing in front of a closet, dress in hand, shoes lined up on the floor: this is where most outfits stall. Learning how to choose shoes with dresses does not require a stylist’s eye, just a simple system. Match the shoe to the hem length first, then to the occasion’s formality, and finally filter everything … Read more