The best trench coats for women, and how to buy one: the details that make a real trench, how to read the fabric label, Burberry's fits explained, the right length for your height, and the best classic, short, leather and wool trenches....
Leather, canvas or suede? The best designer white sneakers for women by material, a cleaning routine that keeps them white, how they should fit, and when white sneakers work with a suit....
The spring jackets worth buying, in the order to buy them: a lightweight trench for rain, suede for cool dry days, then cropped tweed, field, denim and light cotton or nylon jackets, with what to wear from 45°F to 75°F....
Our laptop-first rule for sizing a work tote, Apple's MacBook dimensions and what each needs, then structure, weight, closures, straps and leather care, with the designer work totes and top-handle bags we would buy....
The four leather jacket shapes worth owning, from the biker to the leather blazer, plus how lambskin, calfskin and goatskin differ, the quality checks we make before we recommend a jacket, how it should fit and how to care for it....
The best cashmere coats by style and budget, from Max Mara, Loro Piana, Brunello Cucinelli and more, plus what US labeling law makes a coat label tell you, how double-face construction works and what really makes a coat warm....
The best designer weekender bags for holiday travel, from Chloé, Saint Laurent and Brunello Cucinelli to duffels for him, with the carry-on sizes Delta, United and American allow, how many liters you need and how to pack for two nights....
Penny, horsebit, lug-sole, quiet, shearling-lined and velvet: the best designer loafers for women by style, with how to convert Italian and French sizes, how a new pair should fit, and how to care for leather and suede....
Which belt width works with trousers, jeans, dresses and coats, how to belt a coat, how European belt sizes work, and the best designer belts from Alaïa, The Row, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta and more....
A real shearling coat is one skin doing two jobs: suede or leather outside, fleece inside. Here are the best shearling coats and jackets this winter, how to tell real from faux, and how to clean and store one so it lasts....
Which leathers and linings are worth paying for, how to measure your glove size, the short, long, knit and shearling pairs to buy this winter, and how to keep leather gloves soft....
Our editors' guide to the best designer jeans: how luxury jeans should fit, straight, wide, barrel, slim, bootcut and flared legs, rigid versus stretch denim, each house's own sizing notes, and how to hem and wash a pair so it lasts....