Fashion is fleeting, and by that I mean exhausting. Which is why it’s often easier to reach for clothes that are easy to wear season after season, knowing they’ll outlive whatever the trend du jour may be. At first brush, a grey crewneck sweatshirt fits in that “always a classic” bucket, but in the past few years, the…

More than any other season, summer is a time for doing: cookouts, rooftop bars, weddings, and more—there’s never a shortage of Things To Do. All that running around in the heat naturally lends itself to wanting good-looking footwear that will keep you cool and comfortable all season long. And while bright sneakers…

At the start of every summer, I have a vision of how the season will play out. It involves a montage of train rides during magic hour, bonfires on empty beaches, leafy tree branches swaying gently in the breeze and me—flitting between each locale with nothing but a weekend bag and a straw hat atop my head.

It might not surprise you to know that any time I travel, I wind up thinking very deeply about what to wear. (Okay, okay, that also happens when I go on a date, or take a meeting, or ya know, leave the house to get a bagel on Saturday mornings.) I go into near-existential crisis as I consider how I want to feel on the…

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when my sunglasses obsession began. It might have been the purchase of my first pair of designer shades in college (they were Chloé). Or in my mid-20s, when my dad passed down to me his tortoise Ray-Ban Wayfarers from the ’80s. I love how sunglasses can truly make a look. Just think of…

There was a time when I knew for sure that the casual footwear hill I would die on was, “white sneakers or bust.” In my mind, no matter what a guy wears, a white sneaker is always a sleek finishing touch. They can dress down a fancy look and dress up an everyday one. However, there’s something to be said for a…

When I was a teenager, nothing was more important than spring break. One year, my parents decided that a road trip through the Southwest—Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico—was the move. I was furious. I wanted to be tanning on a beach somewhere reading Confessions of a Shopaholic. (It was the 2000s! Tanning and…

Even at the ripe old age of “It’s none of your business,” I still get excited for wedding season each year. At this point, I’ve sat, stood, danced, drank, picked at a piece of chicken, and waved a sparkler at more weddings than I can count. And I’ve loved each one because—what can I say?—I love love and love getting…

There’s a lot of talk about how fall is the official season of “sweater weather.” And that’s fine, we all love fall—it’s the prom king of seasons. But spring, a season that requires true dressing dexterity, is actually true peak sweater weather. You get cool mornings and strong breezes, and as the days get longer and…

Here’s a list of things I like: nature, colorful patterns, biceps, menswear. And here’s something that’s somehow all of those things together: the floral shirt. Flowers and flattering cuts and flashes of arm are my favorite parts of spring, and they should be yours, too. This is the season to ditch predictable plaids…

Don’t ever say that here at Style Girlfriend, we don’t listen to the people. Earlier this week a few of you on The Internet were up in arms over a selection of what we thought were dope-as-hell knit polos, griping that they were too expensive. The memeification of the headline was lost in translation, and some of you…

You guys know Chris Pine, right? Wonder Woman’s straight man and occasionally naked Outlaw King? He’s stupidly handsome and a bona fide movie star. But more importantly, the man is a damn snappy dresser. Yes, I said snappy and hoo boy do I mean it. He makes everything he wears look effortlessly elegant; he’s totally…

Not too long ago SG came along and blew your mind with Fourth Pants. They’re the pants you always knew existed—comfortable and casual without being sloppy—but couldn’t quite name. They aren’t a trend, they’re a lifestyle. But within the glorious, low-key world of Fourth Pants a micro-trend emerged: track pants.

You use a separate shampoo and conditioner. You maintain your beard appropriately. You even use your girlfriend’s serum regularly now. You embrace grooming and self care like the truly evolved man that you are—and I couldn’t be more proud. Actually, I could. I want to nudge you gently towards another highly beneficial…

Before Justin Bieber. Before Harry Styles and Adam Levine. The original arbiter of “vacation shirt” sleaze style was actually Leo Dicaprio in the Baz Luhrmann classic, Romeo + Juliet. Before him? Tom MF Selleck was keepin’ it sexy as Magnum PI. And back it goes, all the way to Elvis and his ukulele in Blue Hawaii…

About five years ago, I bought two ginormous Henri Matisse prints for $10 each from Art.com, then had them framed by Framebridge for about $120 each. It was a huge splurge at the time, but even now, I’m positive it was one of the best investments I’ve ever made. Because at the end of the day, $240 is honestly a steal…

They were taunting me, all six of them. A pack of low-key elegant, matte pastel Recess cans just sitting there on my desk, looking like the sunset-hued cure to everything that ails me. All my stresses; all my New York City lady doin’ it for herself woes. My looming deadlines? My Bumble conversations? The unpaid bills?

I’m just going to come out and say it: Jackets are the best thing about spring. That’s, as the kids say, #facts. It’s not debatable, and I’ll tell you why. Spring weather? It’s just okay. March Madness? Fun, but ultimately (usually) heartbreaking. Putting on a great, well-fitting lightweight jacket over any spring…

The clues were there, all the way back in 2015. Jared Leto stepped onto the Oscars red carpet in that lavender Givenchy tux, and say what you want about his Joker, but that outfit was a vision. Then, last summer Chance The Rapper posted up in his signature ‘3’ cap and a lavender t-shirt from Play by Comme Des Garçons…

Maybe I binged too many episodes of the new season of Queer Eye this weekend, but it seems like a lot of men out there are confused about their beards. Namely that a beard is a free pass to “No Maintenance Land.” In fact, facial hair really needs more attention than the hair on top of your head! Every centimeter of…