Close-reading the reruns with Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Fall into winter wardrobe

Moving with the times

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Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Nov 28, 2022
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1990s British sitcom man.

Pleated khakis or thick-wale corduroys. A cardigan or cable-knit sweater. Loafers or white sneakers or Chelsea boots or realistically whatever there is, whatever weather permits.

Japanese woman in giant clothes.

I’m sure there’s a better, more precise name for this style. I don’t know it, clearly. It involves the baggy Breton-str…

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