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 face. I was there to interview Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez about their collection, but something kept distracting me. The models, tall and lithe as […]
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 a crisis. Fashion editor bad ideas involve public humiliation, physical discomfort, and usually photographic evidence that lives forever on the internet. This is the story […]
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 downtown affairs where everyone looks like they just rolled out of bed yet somehow also like they should be photographed immediately. I’d spent approximately two […]
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 gets paid to be ahead of trends. But three weeks ago, I was doing my usual Target run for laundry detergent and dog food (thrilling, […]
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 by a delivery guy on an e-bike. God, the things I do for street style documentation. “Sorry!” I yelled after him, though honestly it was […]
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 identical, like they’re both the main character in the same aesthetically-pleasing indie movie? Yeah, that’s not me and Jake. Not even close. Jake is what […]
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), trying on a silk camisole that I absolutely did not need but desperately wanted. The top was perfect – an ideal shade of barely-there pink […]
The Secret Way Fashion Editors Make Zara Look Expensive
I once witnessed a minor fashion miracle in the front row of a Proenza Schouler show. The editor sitting next to me – a woman whose salary I can only assume was comparable to mine (read: not great) but who always looked exponentially more expensive – leaned over to compliment another editor’s outfit. “Is that […]
I Let a Professional Stylist Clean Out My Closet and I’m Still Emotionally Recovering
“That needs to go.” These four words, delivered with the clinical detachment of a surgeon recommending an amputation, were directed at my favorite sweater – a shapeless gray cardigan that I’ve had since college. Yes, it has a few holes. Yes, the elbows are worn thin. Yes, I know it makes me look like I’m […]
The Fashion ‘Mistake’ That’s Actually a Power Move
I still remember the exact moment I realized fashion rules were made to be broken. I was 22, fresh out of college, at my first real fashion week assignment – a show for a designer whose name I was still practicing how to pronounce. Standing outside the venue in a vintage blazer, nervously checking my […]