We Answered Your Wardrobe-Basics Questions

In our semi-regular advice column, “Ask the Strategist,” we answer your most burning shopping questions by surveying friends, calling up experts, and drawing on our own personal experience. In our Friday, September 13, edition, our fashion writers Liza Corsillo and Ambar Pardilla answered your questions live in the comments. Over 50 questions were submitted, and here are some of our favorite answers. To read all the queries, scroll to the comments here. And to be kept in the loop about our next Q&A, sign up for the Strategist newsletter here.

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