Denim cutoff shorts have been immortalized by the sexed up Daisy Duke character in the uber camp TV show Dukes of Hazzard since the 80s. Over the years, ‘racy’ women from Cindy Crawford in a Pepsi commercial […]
Category: Fashion Culture
The Conversations | Is Fashion Nova the biggest fashion story the industry refuses to claim?
With the prevalence of brands like Revolve, ASOS, Boohoo, Missguided and formerly Nasty Gal, we’re wondering why the wildly successful Fashion Nova gets so little coverage and recognition amongst the fashion establishment and beyond? It’s […]
Coming Back To Vintage
I unequivocally attribute the start of my fashion education to vintage shopping across Fairfield County, Connecticut and downtown New York –– even before I was a teenager, back in the early eighties. Before I pledged […]
Fashion Has A Black People Problem
“Let me be clear: the established, mainstream fashion design community does not have a diversity problem, it has a ‘Black people problem.’” This sentiment, shared in Kibwe Chase-Marshall’s op-ed for Business of Fashion, is an […]
"If with great power comes great responsibility, it’s time for fashion’s leadership to stop abusing their positions and begin authentically making actionable commitment to solving the problem of Black exclusion."Kibwe Chase-Marshall
Read the full article @ Business of Fashion
Ib Kamara | Stylist With Momentum
Photo by Ib Kamara for Kenzo Folio In a world where the term stylist is used loosely and many of fashion’s best have moved on to become designers, publishers, and other types of multi-hyphenates, a […]
WHAT PHOEBE DID – AND NOT JUST FOR CÉLINE
A day after the confirmed news broke, I’m still processing. Not because in this political, environmental, social and quite frankly, restless fashion climate, news of Phoebe Philo’s departure from Céline is shocking. Particularly since rumors […]
Influencer | Henrietta Gallina
NAME: HENRIETTA GALLINA TITLE: CREATIVE STRATEGIST / CONSULTANT CITY: NEW YORK (AND SOMETIMES LONDON) What are the most significant shifts you currently identify in fashion culture? Kindness. I think we’re getting over the ‘Devil Wears Prada’ […]
THE SMARTER SHOPPER
In what is obvious news, the retail land space has changed drastically in the last 10 years. Retail, as it has been historically defined, has gone the way of landlines and checks. It no longer […]
Where Have Our Favorite Sales People Gone?
As shopping habits shift to consuming less–particularly among high-end consumers–there’s an exodus of veteran staff at your favorite stores. I occupy a pretty unique place in the shopping matrix. A fraction but a critical part […]
The Cover That Nearly Broke The Internet
On Tuesday Edward Enninful teased us with a glimpse of his Adwoa Abaoh-covered, debut issue of British Vogue and social media was shook. Publishing hasn’t seen such a positive response to a fashion magazine cover […]