A look into Gregg Araki, adolescent doom and how styling connects a movie to its message.
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Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen formed more than a brand with The Row, they created a clothing revolution.
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Nail polish will remain splattered across walls, on carpets, bought in “treat yourself” moments, as gifts for a partner and in a deep red on my grandmother’s nails. So, take time to inspect your manicure: the colors awaiting you on the wall of the salon as well as the inherent social, cultural, racial and political discussion bound to your hands.
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Weaving values of genderfluid expression and cultural decolonization with AI generative processes, Naranji is sending shockwaves of colorful disruption into a far-too-often static and binary fashion industry. What began as McCormick senior Sahibzada Mayed’s design engineering capstone project grew into Naraji, an ethically sourced, made-to-order, high fashion brand. Less than two years after Naraji’s inception, Mayed’s vibrant, kaleidoscopic designs burst onto fashion’s most elevated and intimidating stage: New York Fashion Week.
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In a season dense with trend forecasting and predictions, Jacobs and Browne created earnest collections. They were both incredible declarations of love for the art of fashion. Over the past few months, fashion has taken itself entirely too seriously. Jacobs and Browne brought passion back to an industry that has felt increasingly impersonal. They prove that fashion does not have to be haute-tailoring or wardrobe essentials to be timeless. Playfulness and a child-like imagination never go out of style.
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Superman has nothing on the 80s ballroom scene. These similarly cape-clad and tights-sporting superheroes’ “by-day/by-night” transformation involved a lot more than taking off a pair of dorky glasses. Rather, the late 20th century underground ballroom scene involved a largely black and latinx community of LGBTQ+ people gathering to transform into their billowed, feathered, studded and extravagant true selves. A forced by social convention to walk the city streets as a stereotypically straight-laced masculine man “by day” could indulge in glinting glamor, pearlescent luxury “by night.” Ballrooms spelled a necessary escape, where opulence, grandeur and self-expression could safely congregate. Members received no accolades or attention for their boundary-smashing efforts in self-exploration. On the contrary, prevalent themes in stories of the ballroom circuit are concealment and designated safe spaces for self-expression.
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