The Trousers at a Wedding Question That Split My Group Chat Right Down the Middle
My phone pinged at half ten on a Tuesday morning with a WhatsApp from Priya that read “URGENT” and was accompanied by a photo of a jumpsuit. Half an hour…
The Ankle Boots with a Dress Question That Split My Group Chat Right Down the Middle
Marnie text a photo of herself wearing a floaty midi dress and some chunky ankle boots at 11pm on a Tuesday night. Her caption: “verdict?? ?” By 11.47, the girls…
I Had Opinions About Newborn Wear a Hat and Didn’t Expect To
I told my sister Freya that she was being paranoid. This was four years ago, she’d just had her son, and she was standing in her kitchen at two in…
The You Wear Underwear with a Bodysuit Question I Finally Have a Real Answer To
I bought my first bodysuit for a wedding in 2019. Found myself in the changing room of a now-defunct boutique and couldn’t, for the life of me, work out whether…
I Went Looking For the Truth About Whether Ankle Boots Really Makes Your Legs Look Fat
My sister in law proclaimed, apropos of nothing at all, at a christening one time (her holding a prosecco because she’d been given one despite not drinking due to being…
The Men Wear Thongs Question I Finally Have a Real Answer To
My brother in law found a thong in my washing basket last year, in 2019, and I have never once been allowed to forget that it happened. It wasn’t his,…
The Wash Leather Jacket in Washing Machine Question That Split My Group Chat Right Down the Middle
Priya sent the photo at 11.47pm on Tuesday. A leather jacket, mid spin cycle, visible through the little round window on her washing machine like some kind of aquarium exhibit…
I Went Looking For the Truth About Whether Corsets Really Helps With Posture
My sister- in-law attempted to wear a waist trainer in my kitchen one October afternoon. She wore what she modestly described as “training gear” under a jumper and assured me…
Does Bomber Jackets Actually Make You Look Fat? I Went Looking For a Real Answer
Back in 2016, I bought my first bomber jacket because a mannequin in a Leeds shopping centre was wearing it with skinny jeans and looked like she’d just landed from…
I Got Into An Argument About Whether Pyjamas in Public Is Ok
“You look like some of us have jobs, Priya” is not a sentence you expect to hear twice. But there it was in my sister’s mouth as we stood by…