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Woman We Love: Carissa Abele from BALANI Custom Clothiers

Woman We Love: Carissa Abele from BALANI Custom Clothiers

February is typically reserved for our “Men We Love” feature; however, this time we want to shake it up a bit and highlight one of Wardrobe Therapy’s go-to places for our male clientele and the woman, whom we love, that is behind it locally in Columbus: Carissa Abele, professional custom clothier with Balani Custom Clothiers located in the Short North. Over the past couple of years and even before the pandemic, we have seen a casualization in men’s wear-to-work fashion.  The pandemic forced a lot of us to create WFH (working from home) offices and in turn curate our own...

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6 retailers notorious for vanity sizing—and how to shop them

6 retailers notorious for vanity sizing—and how to shop them

— Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed’s editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission.Not all clothing sizes are created equal. Annoyingly, a medium T-shirt you might buy from Forever 21 may not fit as well as one you bought from H&M. That’s because fashion retailers don’t have standardized sizes. Still, most people have an idea what size they expect to see on the tag, so that’s where most of us start when we go shopping. However, as you may have noticed, many brands deliberately skew their sizes, based on the idea that people might feel...

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MY TOP 5 WINTER STYLE FINDINGS & 12 MOST WORN ITEMS

MY TOP 5 WINTER STYLE FINDINGS & 12 MOST WORN ITEMS

It’s official, I’m done with winter. Maybe it was the most recent ice storm, maybe not, but either way I’m ready to kick the snow off my boots and hang up my puffer for the season. At least figuratively anyway! To wrap up my winter style content I thought it would be worthwhile to share some wisdom I’ve gleaned from what has felt like the coldest (read: -20 C highs), snowiest (read: knee high snow), winter in a long time. Today I’ll be walking you through my top 5 winter style findings. A couple are more broad concepts that have...

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MY TOP 5 WINTER STYLE FINDINGS & 12 MOST WORN ITEMS

MY TOP 5 WINTER STYLE FINDINGS & 12 MOST WORN ITEMS

It’s official, I’m done with winter. Maybe it was the most recent ice storm, maybe not, but either way I’m ready to kick the snow off my boots and hang up my puffer for the season. At least figuratively anyway! To wrap up my winter style content I thought it would be worthwhile to share some wisdom I’ve gleaned from what has felt like the coldest (read: -20 C highs), snowiest (read: knee high snow), winter in a long time. Today I’ll be walking you through my top 5 winter style findings. A couple are more broad concepts that have...

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Top 10 Boyfriend Jeans

Top 10 Boyfriend Jeans

If a happy medium on the spectrum of legwear exists, boyfriend jeans sit squarely on it. And why wouldn’t they? Boyfriend jeans do something that basically no other pants do—combine the benefits of multiple outfit elements into one piece of fabric. The relaxed fit is reminiscent of those sweatpants you love wearing inside the house but wouldn’t dare be seen wearing in public. Like your casual, work-friendly lounge pants, they go with just about anything in your closet. Plus, no shade to your skinny jeans, but boyfriend jeans are just as transformative. We could go on and on, but you...

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