Fabrics
What Is Ramie Fabric and How It Compares to Linen
A reader sent me a photo last spring of a cream summer dress with pale white lines running along every fold, as though someone...
I bought a white linen midi in April, tried it on in a changing room lit by two weak ceiling panels, and thought it was perfectly opaque. Three weeks later a friend sent me photographs from a lunch in strong afternoon sun.
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A reader sent me a photo last spring of a cream summer dress with pale white lines running along every fold, as though someone...
Travel Wardrobe
Three days into a trip, the dress you love most has a coffee mark on the hem and smells faintly of the train.
Styling
You put on a favourite midi dress, pull on your boots, look in the mirror and something feels off.
Slow Fashion
A favourite dress with a broken zip usually ends up at the back of the wardrobe, waiting for a tailor visit that never happens.
Garment Care
You pull out a favourite wool dress for the first cold week of the year and find a scatter of tiny holes across the front, or a...
Fabrics
You find a dress you love, the label says "crepe," and you have no idea whether that means silk, polyester, wool or something...
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