Skindelle Stories

Maternity to Postpartum: When Your Body Changes

The first time after the baby that she wore the silk dress, the one she had worn to the dinner in September two years before, she knew before she finished putting it on. The fabric that had fallen ...

Holiday Party Season: Dressing for the Dark Months

December operates at a different frequency. The calendar fills up fast. The wardrobe needs to hold across office parties, black-tie dinners, and the flight home.

The Off-Shoulder Dress: What Works Underneath

The off-shoulder neckline eliminates every conventional bra option. Here is what the construction actually requires and how to make the dress work all day.

What to Wear Under a One-Shoulder Dress

The one-shoulder dress arrived in Western fashion with a specific set of references. Greek and Roman draped garments, the exomis and the chiton, constructed by pinning fabric at a single point on t...

Sleeveless at Work: Professional Dressing Without Visible Lingerie

The presentation is at nine. The room is a glass-walled conference space on the fourteenth floor of a tower in Canary Wharf with a view of the Thames and air conditioning calibrated for a building ...

First Date Dressing: The Confidence Layer

The person does not exist yet, not fully. There is a name, a series of messages, perhaps a photograph that is flattering in the way that photographs chosen for this purpose tend to be flattering. T...