Category: fashion
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The three languages I need to learn to grow in fashion
I could understand slightly, but I didn’t have the words to reply. I instantly regretted not taking my French classes more seriously. Else, I ‘d be able to make that sale. Or go for that job. But alas, here I am, a shameful monolingual English speaker. But with the world we’re living in, that needs…
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The perfect bag for your newfound soccer love
It’s a World Cup year. And that means that many people are just now watching soccer and talking about the sport with the level of vigor as if they do it all the time. Not just every four years. Well, if you really want to look like a real fan of the game, think beyond…
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A few quick thoughts, if you will
I have been sitting here for sometime now trying to will myself to write something, anything on a topic that seems appropriate. And yet I can’t No amount of scrolling looking through fashion news and the new beauty arrivals has solved it. I am still just sitting here. So, like any poor communicator, I am…
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I’m hunting down this movie look from The Devil Wears Prada 2
There are days where I wish I could just look an object I desire and immediately know where it’s from and where I can buy it. That power could have come in handy as I watched the many fashion montages in The Devil Wears Prada 2. There is a scene in Milan where Andy Sachs,…
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Sustainable fashion needs to ask a different question
Last year at SXSW, I attended the panel, “Honest Marketing & Circularity.” The panelists were Logan Duran, of Tapestry, Anja Saddock of Trust Trace, Sigrid Buehrle of Adidas. During their time on stage, they introduced me to the concept of emotional durability. It is the idea of thinking beyond the materials themselves to the rate…
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“I think it’s a confidence thing.”
I listened to Jonathan Anderson say something so relatable to me. As he lay on the couch, during on the Fashion Neurosis podcast, he spoke on wanting to wear fashion more. Wanting, but not doing. This man, this year after year British Fashion Designer of the year. Former creative director of Loewe, responsible for designs…
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A fashion field trip
From my youth, I have always wanted to visit Paris. I was into fashion after all. I of course needed to head to fashion capital of the world at some point, as an almost completion of the mission. However now, my view has expanded. Fashion is global. Of course, New York is dominant on the…
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Anok Yai, finally
A woman so beautiful she was scouted, from a single photograph. A woman who has already created such memorable runway moments. A woman who is beloved by the fashion obsessed. That woman, Anok Yai, has finally been awarded the honor of Model of the Year. There are spaces that will probably go into the discourse…
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A fashion designer’s short stint
News broke recently. Dario Vitale is out as creative director at Versace. It hasn’t even been a year since he took over the role from Donatella Versace. Just one showing, and he was out. Whether he stepped down on his own accord or was encouraged to leave by the new management group, I don’t know.…
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The new man at Balmain
Almost as quickly as Olivier Rousteing announced his exit from Balmain, the brand announced Antonin Tron as his successor. I have no idea how they were able to keep the rumor mill at bay on this one, but good job to the brand for being able to announce both bits of news on its own…
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