I Dressed Like My Mom in the 90s for a Week and Everyone Was Obsessed
It started with a rainy Sunday afternoon and a dusty photo album I found while helping my parents clean out their basement. I was home for the weekend, ostensibly to…
I Found My Mom’s 80s Fashion Magazine Collection and These Trends Are Coming Back
Last Christmas, I made the mistake of asking my mother if I could “just quickly look through” the boxes in her attic for some childhood photos for a personal project.…
The ‘Weird’ Styling Trick Models Use Before Photoshoots That Actually Works IRL
“Don’t look yet,” the stylist commanded, adjusting something on the model’s outfit. “I’m doing the ice cube thing.” I was sitting in the corner of a photography studio in Chelsea,…
The Microtrend That Will Be Everywhere for Exactly Two Months Then Disappear Forever
“What the hell are people wearing?” This text from my friend Emma came with an image she’d snapped on the subway: a twentysomething woman in what appeared to be an…
Why the Smart Girl Aesthetic Actually Works (And How to Do It Without Looking Like You’re Cosplaying)
Okay so there’s this thing happening right now where everyone’s trying to look like they have a PhD in art history and honestly? I’m kind of here for it. Not…
Why “Jeans and a Nice Top” Is Having Its Best Fashion Moment in Years
“Jeans and a nice top.” I’ve probably texted those exact words about three hundred times in my life, usually in response to someone asking what I’m wearing to whatever we’re…
Why Fashion Stylists Are Secretly Hoarding M&S Basics (And You Should Too)
Okay, so picture this: I’m backstage at what’s basically fashion week adjacent—you know, one of those shoots where everyone’s wearing all black and looking very serious about hemlines—and I spot…
I Spent My Lunch Break Trying to Copy Instagram Outfits and Now I’m Having Trust Issues
Let me tell you about the Tuesday I almost threw my phone out my 15th-floor office window while trying to recreate what looked like the world’s most effortless business casual…
I Fell for the Instagram Pants Everyone’s Obsessing Over (And I’m Not Even Mad About It)
Look, I’ve been around fashion long enough to know that anything promising to be “life-changing” probably isn’t. Remember those jeans that were supposed to make your butt look like a…
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I Spent a Week Trying TikTok’s “Gym Lips” Trend and Suddenly Everyone Wanted to Talk to Me
I’ve always been proud of my zero-makeup gym policy. It started back in college when my roommate would spend twenty minutes applying a full face before our 6 AM Pilates…
I Spent $400 Copying My Grandfather’s Wardrobe and Now I’m the Coolest Person in Finance
There’s this photo on my mom’s mantelpiece back in Atlanta – my great-grandfather in 1985, standing outside his church in his Sunday best. High-waisted pleated pants, suspenders, a cardigan buttoned…