Back in June, I wrote an exhaustive post on the online clothing retailer Revolve’s diversity problem. In a nutshell: for years, they’ve dodged criticism of their mostly (straight-sized, cis-het) white influencer partners, on which the brand relied heavily for promotion and social media coverage. When pressed, brand representatives would wax-poetic on brand image and target […]
Late last week, I received an email from Rent the Runway announcing that they are permanently closing their San Francisco flagship store. The announcement comes at no surprise. One day at the end of March, a friend of mine DM’d me with the news: she’d spoken to the RTR team and layoffs were happening later […]
Ok, y’all know I’ve been on a satin midi skirt bender over the past few weeks. It began with this post (I think), which led me to make this post a not a few weeks later, and now here we are, with a styling video featuring the very same protagonist. They’re just so versatile, I […]
I’ve been hearing this one dialogue on repeat since the onset of the pandemic: there’s simply no point in dressing anymore, because there’s nowhere to go. We’ve all felt it at some point – for some, it’s in fleeting moments, for others, it’s a chronic state. But let’s examine this for a moment, and it […]
Some are good, others are gorgeous, and then there’s that one that’s just plain dirty: it’s a tour of my perfume collection! I’ve mentioned before (in this post) that my mom, sister, and I have a habit of swapping perfumes or giving scents to each other as gifts. A sort of fragrance sisterhood, if you […]
Hey – I wrote this because I couldn’t find a guide on how to hold brands accountable and frankly, I needed a guide. So I did the best DIY I could, but I have blind spots! Please send me any info, suggestions, corrections so we can make this post the BEST it can be! This […]
Want to get involved with the Anti-Racism Movement? If #blackouttuesday taught us anything, it’s that now more than ever, we need to amplify Black voices. Everything on this list is a form of protest. Everything that serves to equalize privilege, dismantle white supremacy, and allow for POC to flourish is, in itself, protest. Some actions […]
Chrissy Rutherford is a contributing editor over at Harper’s Bazaar, and the other day she posted a video both to her personal Instagram and to the Bazaar page in response to the rage and pain at racial injustice across the country. The current climate has demanded more and more people to acknowledge what has been […]
The doldrums of pandemic living have, we’ve known for awhile now, brought upon the fashion industry a time of heartfelt self-reflection (see the last post for a prime example). It was unclear, though, if talk of addressing issues like sustainability and designer burnout were just the fantastical musings of creatives with a lot of time […]
A short post to start a short week: Gucci’s Creative Director, Alessandro Michele, has been posting the most vividly intimate notes on the Gucci Instagram account about fashion, creation, and humanity in the time of a pandemic. Building on our discussion of how fashion has been, and will continue to, change in light of COVID-10 […]
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