Skindelle Stories
Swiss Alps: Mountain Weddings and Chalet Evenings
The Swiss Alps are not the destination for the couple who wants to be seen getting married. They are the destination for the couple who h...
Jaipur: Haveli Courtyards and 42-Degree Silk
The Hawa Mahal at 7am The Hawa Mahal glows in the colour of the canteria it is made from: Jaipur sandstone, the specific pink-terracotta...
Post-Surgery Dressing: Gentle Solutions
The short answer: the Confidence Set, for days when any band or wire is too much. Structure that was unremarkable before a procedure can ...
After 40: How Skin Changes Affect Adhesive Performance
The short answer: the covers have not changed. The skin has. Silicone covers still do the job at 45 that they did at 25. Skin that is thi...
Summer Wedding Guest: Dressing for Heat, Length, and the Photograph
The short answer: something built to survive four separate demands, not the dress code alone. A July afternoon in the Alentejo does to a ...
What to Wear Under a Strapless Wedding Dress
The strapless wedding dress is built to appear self-sufficient. What makes that appearance possible is a foundation decision that most fi...
What to Wear Under a Blazer With Nothing Underneath
In the mid-1990s, Helmut Lang was making blazers in Vienna that the fashion industry had not seen before. Not because of the fabric, thou...
What to Wear Under a Cut-Out Dress
Cut-out dresses place deliberate openings over zones where a bra band sits. Any edge in the frame interrupts the garment. Here is what wo...
What to Wear Under a Mesh or See-Through Top
Full transparency is a design choice, not an accident. Here is how mesh and sheer fabric work, and how to wear them the way their designe...