We’ve given fashion the chic-lit treatment, and I’m not ok with it. Can it be escapist? Frothy? Indulgent? Yes, of course. Allow me a metaphor: Cooking isn’t just about flavor – what a disservice it would be to the world’s culinary traditions to whittle the essence of food down to “taste.” It’s about memories, connection, […]
If you want to dive deep into a web of thought experiments on fashion after coronavirus, I have a resource for you. It’s one that made me voluntarily, happily, even, wake up before dawn every day this week to study, and that I am linking here so that you don’t have to. Ready? There is […]
Just a quick note today – I’m battling a chest cold and addled brain and need to rest tonight before a big weekend. HOWEVER, I am writing one more couture review, out Monday, so stay tuned! This week was couture week, which means that we spent a lot of time looking at (often) beautiful clothes […]
Fashion week for Fall has officially started in New York as of yesterday! YAY! But wait – what is fashion week, anyways? In its essence, it’s a trade show. Yup. A trade show. Underwhelming, right? If you take away all the smoke and mirrors, all the glamor, all the media tittering away about who-went-to-what-show, that’s […]
Today marks the start of Haute Couture Week 2019! Exciting, right? If that opening left you thinking, “and your point is . . . ,” not to worry. I get it – couture is hard to conceptualize on many fronts. I myself harbor some quality questions, including but not limited to: Do people actually wear […]
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