Last year ended with a type of fashion revelation that suited a year oft compared to a raging garbage fire: Low-rise jeans are coming back. The fault was our own, as a people. I mean, yes, in November, Jennifer Lopez was seen wearing a pair of wide-leg thong pants, first spotted on the Natasha Zinko…
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When it comes to holiday fashion, there are certain…expectations. Sparkles! Shine! Crystals galore! The number of cocktail parties and seasonal get-togethers might be plentiful, but it’s unlikely that head-to-toe sequins might be the sartorial move for most of those events. (I, for one, have dialed it all the way up to go to my mother’s…
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Ever since the dawn of athleisure, the apparel market has been dominated by stretchy fabrics and varying levels of compression. Same goes for my closet. This isn’t just for workouts: These days, I’m wearing snazzy sports bras in lieu of underwires at any hour of the day and fancy leggings instead of denim. The allure…
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In March, cult-favorite fashion brand Reformation expanded its sizing for the first time, up to a size 22. The capsule was created in collaboration with model Ali Tate Cutler and quickly sold out. But the label promised that was only the beginning of their efforts to become more inclusive—and now, it announced phase two: Reformation’s…
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Tweed is a fabric most often associated with the prim-and-proper—the Coco Chanel’s and Blair Waldorf‘s of the fashion world. It’s classic and polished, often found in matching blazer-and-skirt sets. For Fall 2018, though, designers did a 180, showing tweed in a brand-new—and decidedly non-preppy—light: with metallic shimmer (at Moschino), neon threads (Prada), and, in the…
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My Gmail inbox currently has 21,087 unread messages. Inbox Zero people often ask me how I function, and I assure them it’s mostly where junk emails go to die—but amid the graveyard of Seamless notifications, Verizon bills, and shopping newsletters, there’s one subject line that never fails to actually make me click: “Madewell Sale.” I’m…
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