On style and dressing —
calmly, and like yourself
Fabrics, textures, colour and combinations — so your clothes get along.
Tucked into a side seam is one of the most useful things you own, and most of us never read it. Learn the tag once and you will know how a garment behaves before you have worn it. It is the maker talking directly to you about how to keep what you have bought.
ReadLinen, cotton and wool have dressed people for a very long time, and each has a temperament worth knowing. Learn what each one does well and the choice on a given morning almost makes itself. This is a guide to telling them apart by hand and matching them to the day in front of you.
ReadA wardrobe where everything quietly gets along is not luck; it is a small, deliberate set of colours. With a base, a bridge and an accent you can dress from a handful of pieces and never feel short of options. Here is how to build that palette from what you already reach for.
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The colour closest to your face is the one people read first, and it can leave you looking rested or slightly worn before you have said a word. Warm and cool tones each suit some faces more than others. Here is how to tell which are on your side, without turning it into a rulebook.
ReadSome outfits are quiet in colour and still look rich, and the reason is usually texture. Putting a smooth cloth against a rough one gives an outfit depth without adding a single pattern or bright shade. Here is how to combine textures so they play off each other instead of blurring together.
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A good print can make an outfit, or it can shout the rest of it down, and the difference is usually a matter of how much you ask it to do. Knowing how loud a pattern is, and how much calm to give it, keeps prints a pleasure. Here is a simple way to balance pattern and solid so neither one loses.
ReadClothes spend half the year waiting in the dark, and how you put them away decides what you find when you take them out. A little care at the swap keeps knits in shape, wool untouched and colours true. Here is how to store a season's wardrobe so it comes back as good as it went in.
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Dressing well for the weather is less about the number on a forecast and more about how cloth handles air and moisture. Once you understand a few simple principles, both heat and cold become easy to dress for. Here is how to stay comfortable when the air is close and when it bites.
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