Every social group has one. She is the high priestess of one-upmanship, always armed with a riposte to signal (none too subtly) that she is better than you. A ­modern-day Violet Crawley, Dowager ...

I’m a firm believer that any shirt can be turned into a shirt dress if you try hard enough—tank tops, button-downs, vintage band tees, cardigans, flannels, oversized sweaters, etc. But Merriam-Webster ...