Fashion

  • Deal Alert: Brooks Brothers

    Brooks Brothers is having a major sale — prices are marked up to 70% off (through 12/16 only), and for the women’s stuff, if you buy two pieces you get the third free. Ha cha cha. There are so many good basics (pants and skirts, ladies, pants and skirts) as well as previous recs (such…

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    The Perfect Pants Fit

    What is the perfect pants fit — how SHOULD should they fit? When are they too baggy; when are pants too tight? Reader K wonders… Can you discuss proper fit of suit pants/slacks for the workplace (including trouser jeans for casual Fridays)? I can’t find anything related in the archives- I was hoping for something…

  • The Hunt: Flat Knee-High Boots

    Sure, we all know what wardrobe essentials for work professional women are supposed to have in their closets, but if you’re buying one for the first time or replacing one you’ve worn into the ground, it can be a pain to find exactly the right incarnation in stores. In “The Hunt,” we search the stores for a…

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    Beauty Wednesday: How to Apply Mascara

    This may well be one of those moments where I’m the insane one, but here’s a question for today’s open thread:  how do you apply mascara?  I’ll admit: I haven’t done a total survey of the field here, but every YouTube makeup tutorial I’ve ever seen has women applying mascara as the very last step…