The journal
Longer pieces on how to buy accessories well, by Maggi Ferguson — the specifications that matter, the ones that do not, and why your necklace never sits right.
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How to buy jewelry online without being disappointed
Six specifications that are usually on the listing, and which predict almost everything about how a piece will feel to own.
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The five accessories that do the most work
If you were starting again with nothing, these five would cover almost everything, and they are not the five most people would…
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Why your necklace never sits right
It is almost always length, and almost never the necklace.
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Accessories that suit you, not the season
A trend site arguing against trends. Sort of.
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The $15 accessory that outlasts the $100 one
Where price genuinely predicts quality in accessories, and the three categories where it barely does at all.
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How to wear one bold accessory when you normally wear none
The season is loud. If that is not you, there is a version of it that is.
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How to look after accessories so they last
Six materials, and the one thing that ruins each of them. Most accessory damage is a single avoidable mistake.
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What to buy secondhand, and what to buy new
Some accessory categories are dramatically better secondhand. Others are a false economy. The dividing line is repairability.
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How to judge a bag you cannot touch
Seven details visible in a product photograph that predict whether a bag will still look good in a year.
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What accessories actually do in a photograph
A camera flattens, crops and lies about scale. The pieces that work in a mirror are not always the ones that work in a picture.
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Giving accessories as gifts without guessing
Accessories look like an easy gift and mostly are not. Four categories that work, and the ones that quietly do not.
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Storing accessories so you actually wear them
The reason most of your accessories go unworn is not taste. It is that you cannot see them at the moment you are getting dressed.