The stakes for coming up with a good (but easy) Halloween costume are pretty high. Sure, you can buy one in a bag at your local party store—but those are never the ones you remember or talk about for years after. You want to be clever and topical, but familiar and recognizable; you want to…
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During the summer wearing shoes is easy. All you have to do is slip your toes into a pair of sandals and you’re done. Fall makes things a little more complicated. It isn’t that boots aren’t amazing, but sometimes things get awkward when you try to pair them with jeans or with socks or with…
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Street style will tell you that more is better: Only after piling and stacking and layering will you have a complete, Fashion Week-ready look of the caliber of show-goers in New York, London, Milan, and Paris. But really, all you need to make a solid fall outfit is a single centerpiece item—be it a corduroy…
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I made a mistake. Despite my status as a friend to sunscreens everywhere, I misjudged and a few weeks ago, disaster struck. I’d escaped New York’s disappointing, grayscale “spring” for a weekend in California, and as a printer-paper-colored person, I’d stuck with the daily casual sunscreen application that’s part of my routine. Mistakenly, I thought…
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We all know the drill: You’re in the dressing room at your favorite boutique or staring at the screen of your go-to online shop, trying to decide if that new dress or pair of shoes is actually a good idea. You start doing the math in your head about whether or not it’s a financially…
Read more“I just want to make sure you want to do this.” These are the simple words Pete Holmes’ character asks his new friend Ali (Jamie Lee) in the season two premiere of Crashing on HBO. At first, the scene is just another unremarkable romp between two intoxicated people; what makes it feel extraordinary and timely…
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