Camp Counselor Chic? The Weirdly Specific Aesthetic Taking Over Summer
I never went to summer camp as a kid. Growing up in Brooklyn, my parents’ idea of “connecting with nature” was our annual pilgrimage to my aunt’s house in New…
The ‘Business Casual’ Outfit Formula That’s Actually Exciting to Wear
Let’s talk about the cursed phrase “business casual” for a minute. Is there any term in the fashion lexicon more frustratingly vague yet simultaneously restrictive? It’s the sartorial equivalent of…
I Bought Identical Outfits from Budget vs. Designer Brands to See If Anyone Could Tell the Difference
I’ll never forget the moment I realized I might be a fashion fraud. I was sitting at a fancy industry dinner beside a creative director whose work I’d admired for…
The Fashion ‘Rules’ Cool Girls Are Breaking in 2024
When I was thirteen, my grandmother gave me a dog-eared copy of a 1960s etiquette book she’d found at a church sale. Among advice about thank-you notes and proper introductions…
The ‘Boring’ Basics Fashion Editors Are Secretly Obsessed With
There’s a running joke in fashion circles about the gap between what editors wear to shows versus what they wear to actually work. You’ve seen the street style photos—the outlandish…
The Body Part Suddenly Getting All the Fashion Attention
Last Tuesday, I found myself backstage at Proenza Schouler’s Fall/Winter show, wedged between a rack of sample-size dresses and a harried makeup artist frantically applying last-minute touches to a model’s…
I Wore My Clothes Backwards Like Kriss Kross for a Week and Things Got Weird
There are bad ideas, and then there are fashion editor bad ideas. Regular bad ideas are things like texting your ex at 2 AM or cutting your own bangs during…
The Unexpected Accessory That’s Replacing Statement Necklaces Everywhere
I have this memory from about six years ago that still makes me cringe so hard my teeth hurt. I was at a fashion week afterparty—one of those impossibly cool…
Spotted: The Affordable Target Find That’s All Over TikTok
Look, I’m not saying I discovered it first. I’m really not. I’m actually embarrassingly late to this particular party, which is a special kind of shame for someone who literally…
Street Style Showdown: What NYC Fashion Girls Are Wearing Right Now
So there I was last Tuesday, balanced on one foot trying to get a shot of this woman’s incredible layered look on Bedford Ave, when I nearly got taken out…
I Let My Boyfriend Dress Me for a Week and Now We’re Both Questioning Everything
You know those couples on Instagram who seem to have a freakish level of style synergy? The ones who somehow manage to look coordinated but not matching, complementary but not…
According to Stylists, We’ve All Been Wearing the Wrong Bra Size for These Types of Tops
I had what can only be described as a public wardrobe meltdown last month. There I was, in the communal dressing room at a sample sale (already a humbling experience),…