According to the Oxford English Dictionary , the first published use of the saying came in a 1719 poem Epistle to Ramsay by William Hamilton: The bonny Lines therein thou sent me, / How to the nines they did content me. The exact phrasing appeared in 1837 in The New York Herald : One evening a smart young mechanic, dressed to the nines, might have been seen wending his way along Broadway. Today, to the nines commonly describes a situation where someone has gone all out, clothing-related or otherwise
I would probably size down to get a slightly more fitted look, but overall, its really comfortable, and I love that the length is slightly above the knee
Inspired by Japanese streetwear, fairy kei aesthetics, and modern pastel fashion, this outfit brings together eye-catching details with wearable everyday styling
Marie Rogers wrote: Researchers in America even went ahead and did a whole study on it: 3