This is Checking Out, a column about how we shop, what we buy, and how it all makes us feel. Email tips and ideas to checking.out@slate.com. There is perhaps no more universal wardrobe staple than the ...

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Before I was writing about fashion, I was designing it. I worked across sweaters, outerwear, and woven tops, but my bread and butter was cut-and-sew knits, and at the heart of that category sat the ...