The $30 Target Piece That Keeps Getting Mistaken for The Row
The moment happened three weeks ago at a gallery opening in Chelsea. I was hovering near the free champagne (as one does) when a woman with the kind of expensive…
Everyone Keeps Asking About My ‘Designer’ Bag, But It’s Actually From Target
The incident that changed my entire perspective on luxury fashion happened in the Style Compass USA elevator, of all places. Picture this: I’m standing there in my usual work uniform—oversized…
Trophy Wife or Soccer Mom? The Suburban Style Archetypes Getting a Chic Makeover
It happened at a Prada show last fall. I was squished into one of those impossibly small fashion week folding chairs, mentally calculating how many instant ramen packets I’d need…
The Random Styling Trick That Makes Any Outfit Look More Expensive
If you’ve ever stood in front of your closet feeling like you have absolutely nothing to wear despite the fact that you can barely close your dresser drawers, I have…
The ‘Weird’ Dressing Hack Stylists Use on Celebrities That Actually Works IRL
The first time I saw a celebrity stylist use the “reverse dressing” technique, I genuinely thought she was having some kind of mental break. It was 2018, and I was…
I Wore the Same Dress 7 Different Ways and No One Noticed
The entire ridiculous experiment started because I packed wrong for Paris Fashion Week last season. Not a little wrong—catastrophically, what-was-I-thinking wrong. The kind of wrong that finds you standing in…
The ‘Rich Mom’ Clean Aesthetic Is Over — Meet Its Chaotic Replacement
For the past five years, we’ve been collectively drowning in a sea of beige. You know the look—pristine cream sofas no child has ever touched, supposedly “effortless” neutral linen wardrobes…
Rich Mom, Hot Daughter: The Aesthetic Duo Taking Over Your Feed
I first noticed it last summer during my annual pilgrimage to the Hamptons—not because I own property there (God, I wish), but because my college roommate Mia married obscenely well…
The Revenge Dress 2.0: What to Wear When You Want to Feel Unstoppable
I still remember exactly where I was when I first saw it. June 1994, sprawled across my parents’ couch with a bowl of Lucky Charms, flipping through channels because summer…
The Reformation Dress With a 15,000-Person Waitlist (And What to Buy While You’re Waiting)
I still remember exactly where I was when I first spotted it. Standing in line at my local coffee shop in Williamsburg, killing time on Instagram, dodging emails from my…
The REAL Celebrities Setting Trends in 2024 (Hint: They’re Not Who You Think)
Let’s be honest about celebrity fashion for a second, shall we? For every groundbreaking Zendaya red carpet moment meticulously crafted by Law Roach, there are fifty starlets in virtually identical…
Is She Wealthy or Just Wearing Beige? The Quiet Luxury Aesthetic Decoded
The woman across from me at the coffee shop looked like money. Not the flashy, new-to-wealth kind with obvious logos plastered across her chest, but the kind that’s been comfortable…