We’re about to be back to college teaching, and if you’re a young professor or graduate student (or you have a baby face, #blessed), you might be a bit nervous about being mistaken for a student. There’s nothing worse than being asked your major or if you’re a sophomore when you’re about to get up and teach the class, so here are some ways to dress older as a graduate student or professor.
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If you’re eyeing the Samsung Frame TV, you may be wondering if it is worth the money. This TV was so tempting because I loved the idea of a hidden TV that would display beautiful art! Now that we’ve had our TV for 3 years, here is my honest Samsung Frame TV review. Today, we’ll cover if it’s worth it, the downsides, and, most importantly, how to avoid the Samsung monthly fee and find free art for your TV!
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If you’re looking for teacher clothes on a budget, Old Navy is an absolute go-to. I loved shopping them in grad school, I still love shopping them now as a professor. But Old Navy has some hits and misses–here are the hits I found fall fall 2025 back to school.
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Back to school shopping isn’t just for kids and new binders: if you’re looking for teacher-friendly clothes you may also be on the hunt! I love scouring the mall for the best casual teacher outfits, so today let’s look at what Madewell has to offer in terms of female teacher clothes!
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If you are about to start a graduate program, you may be nervous about a lot of things. I know one thing I was kind of obsessing over what was to wear on the first day of grad school. Should I be in business casual? What would other grad students be dressed like? Grad school outfits are a small detail, of course, but they have always helped to ease my first day nerves. So today, here are my top five tips for how to dress on your first day of grad school.
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When it’s 100 degrees out, I don’t feel like getting dressed at all. But sometimes, we must. Here are heatwave outfits that I actually find tolerable during extreme summer temperatures.
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If you’ve ever stumbled onto the COS website looking for high-quality women’s clothing, and hoping that shopping there would somehow make you Danish, you are me, 2 years ago. I had a lot of questions before I took a gamble on COS, namely, is COS worth the price? So today, here’s a COS review of all my favorite (and least favorite) clothing, plus my tips for finding COS on sale.
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Recently I’ve noticed a pattern in my closet: I feel great on “dressed up” days, but absolutely blah on casual days. Walking through the airport this weekend, I was experiencing a strong case of travel uglies and admiring everyone else’s outfits on the moving sidewalk. And this led me to a fashion diagnosis: my basics are too basic. So today, here are five wardrobe basics I am planning to swap for less boring counterparts.
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If you’re heading out this summer for some hot weather travels, you are probably in packing mode. I bet you have the basics covered, but there’s one item that is surprisingly always the best thing to pack for summer in Europe: a white skirt. Allow me to make the case.
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Are you in a productivity slump? Doom scrolling? Questioning the purpose of your career? Berating yourself for not working hard enough? Me too. Until a silly little productivity tip crossed my feed last week…
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