Clean Girl, Dark Academia, or Cottagecore: What Your Aesthetic Says About Your Personality

So I’m sitting in this impossibly chic cafĂ© in Soho last week, the kind with $7 lattes and uncomfortable chairs that somehow still make you want to stay for hours. I’m supposed to be writing about fall boot trends, but instead I’m people-watching—my second favorite professional sport after sample sale sprinting. At the table next […]
Fashion Editors Are Abandoning This Major Accessory (And What They’re Wearing Instead)

Last month during New York Fashion Week, I found myself crammed into the back row of a buzzy designer’s show (name withheld to protect my already tenuous industry relationships), frantically searching through my tote bag while simultaneously trying to appear nonchalant. The lights were dimming, the music was starting, and I couldn’t find my phone […]
The Forgotten Early 2010s Trend Making an Unexpected Comeback

Last week, I was doomscrolling through runway photos at 1 AM (a professional obligation, I tell myself, though my therapist disagrees) when something stopped my thumb mid-swipe. There on my screen, from a designer known for forward-thinking minimalism, was a model wearing the most magnificent pair of… galaxy print leggings. Not subtle celestial references. Not […]