What To Wear Every Day

Rebranding "rut" into "personal style"

I write a lot about styling ideas and “how to wear XYZ” thing - but most of us, me included, might only wear XYZ thing once a month. If that! Most of us need things to wear everyday, all the time, for the mundane shit - pickups and dropoffs, average days at work, whatever whatever. One of my styling clients’ conundrums is that she knows what to wear for the big things, it’s the normal things where she’s stumped - and it’s also the territory where its easiest to fall into a rut.

Ruts, however, don’t have to be that bad if you reframe them as personal uniforms or go-to formulas. I don’t love the idea of uniform dressing as a strict set of rules to follow, but I like it if you think of it like meal prep. This is clothing prep: pre-assembling some easy to grab and feel-good outfits.

For me, the whole endeavor centers around pants. It’s hard for me to feel grab and go in a dress or skirt, so it’s primarily about pants here. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again - this is my party, and I’ll do what I want.

So, here are some easy formulas to put in to everyday rotation.