Category: fashion
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Stine Goya is a brand that should be on your radar and may soon be in a store near you
Danish brand Stine Goya is expanding to the U.S. Does that mean anything to you? No? That’s fair. I only just found out about this brand all of 15 minutes ago and am now trapped in admiration. It started with the video of their SS24 fashion show. Really a clip of a pair of shoes.…
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Why are brands backtracking on size inclusivity?
It seems that more brands are removing their larger sizes from stores and keeping them online. The reason: the demand for the products just wasn’t there like they thought it would be. One of the arguments for expanding sizes ranges was because brands had been leaving out a large population of people who would gladly…
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“Or is she just skinny”: A rant about body size vs shape
“Is it and outfit? Or is she just skinny?” That is the critique you’ll see as influencer and celebrity outfits get turned in to viral inspiration. The claim is that if someone else larger were wearing it, then no one would care. Or that person would be shamed. Many observers have point out that celebrity…
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Closing the gap on plus-size luxury fashion: 11 Honoré
One brand that definitely offers higher end fashion for plus-sized shoppers is 11 Honoré . The brand was founded in 2017 by Patrick Herning. They started as an e-commerce site selling those brands that already had extended sizing. Later as they were able to demonstrate the need, other brands began producing product exclusively for the…
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The hard truth about why designer clothes run small
If you are a standard American woman, looking to see what size you’d be in European sizing is humbling, to say the least. I was window shopping designer clothing and could tell that I would be on the much higher end than I thought. That is if they even carried my size. Some may see…
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Those clothes weren’t made for you
Fashion Elitist put out a video a few months back entitled “It’s not your Fit, It’s your Body.” He makes the case that the way that fashion industry works is by designing for certain body types. Often, it is a thin frame with little curvature. You might find that you don’t like the way that…
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There’s more to the history of unisex fashion
Despite what many might lead you to believe, the push for clothing that isn’t gendered isn’t new. There have been multiple trends over the years where people, especially women desired clothing that differed from what they “should” wear based on their assigned gender role. In this article in the Atlantic, Kimberley Chaslain-Campbell writes: “As Paoletti…
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Gucci’s Mx selection and my issue with gender-inclusive fashion
Maybe you already noticed this, but Gucci has a section their site, Mx. Separate from men’s and women’s it’s intended to be gender inclusive. However, each of the items are each part of either the men’s or women’s lines and the associated sizing chart. When I clicked on jacket to learn more, it was clearly…
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Some Lanvin financial background + Importance of a brand story
Lanvin, that bastion the French luxury history, may not be doing so well. The house was acquired by Fosun Fashion (now Lanvin Group). The group had plans to take Lavin, turn it into a powerhouse, and take over the Chinese market. That has not happened. Instead, Lanvin lags far behind its much younger luxury counterparts…
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Lanvin: How far can the past go into the future?
Jeanne Lanvin started the label, Lanvin, in 1889, as a hatmaker. She would later transition in to clothes. Then when her daughter was born, she began making clothes for children. In fact, she became known for what we would call “mommy & me” outfits, matching clothes for mother and daughter. Her own matching moment is…
A Wren Says 