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The Best Sex Positions When Your Partner Isn’t Necessarily Endowed
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Mar 10, 2020
Fashion
Among Foreign Diplomats, This Luxury Handbag Has Become A Cult Favorite
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Sep 20, 2019
Shopping
8 Reasons Why Your Leggings Smell So Bad
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Oct 18, 2018
Fashion
Nike & The Most Infamous Normcore Cult Suicide Of All Time
Is any part of this wild story true?
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Fashion Conscience
Relax. Sustainable Fashion Is Easier Than You Think
As it turns out, being a sustainable fashion consumer takes way less work than you think.
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Fashion
Faux Fur: Good For Ethics, Bad For The Planet?
Which choice of fur β or βfurβ β hurts animals and the planet the most? Really, it depends on a host of factors.
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Girl On Halloween β Here’s How I Learne...
Update: Now that it's socially acceptable (i.e. not seen as overly eager) to plan your Halloween costume, let this piece serve as a reminder of what c
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Fashion
The Real Difference Between A $50 And $500 Coat
Why are coats so expensive? Well, for one, even the most basic coats need to perform. They need to keep you dry, or warm, or both. That requires a layering
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Fashion
The Difference Between $50 Sneakers & $500 Ones
We demand a lot from our sneakers: We want them to protect our feet during marathons, and cushion them as we run errands. We want them to wick away odor an
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Fashion
THIS Is When You Know A Fashion Brand Is Full Of It
You know that woman who uses all the right feminist and enlightened vocabulary, but is still a conniving you-know-what at heart? “You need to lean in
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Shopping
The Difference Between A $400 & $4,000 Wedding Dress
It’s hard not to feel like you’re playing a game that the salon always wins when shopping for your wedding dress. At least, that’s the wa
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Mind
We Thought He Was Drunk β Our Mistake May Have Cost Him His Life
On summer weekend mornings, commercial vans pull up outside the Lorimer subway stop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and pick up groups of twentysomethings for $
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Shopping
If Your Jeans Are Cheaper Than This, You’ve Got A Problem
Call me macabre, but I would really like to know how much jeans cost that guarantee their makers weren't maimed, poisoned, harassed, starved, or even
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Shopping
I Don’t Buy Fast Fashion, & Apparently People Don’t L...
Before I buy any piece of clothing or accessory, I like to know a little bit about where and how it’s made. I ask questions. I avoid companies that a
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Stores
The Harsh Reality Of When Mass Retailers Find Indie Designers
It’s an up-and-coming designer’s dream. You’re laboring over handcrafting earrings or oils or needlepoint in your apartment to sell at fl
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Home
Is This New Housing Trend Bad For 20-Somethings?
This is not what I expected for $1,600. I’m standing in the middle of my new bedroom, which is a small white box measuring about seven by 12 feet wit
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Fashion
Sex, Drugs, And V-Neck Tees: Inside The Cult Of American Apparel
Stephanie Padilha's is the quintessential American Apparel story: a young woman specially picked by AA’s former CEO Dov Charney for greatness &m
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Designers
All The Differences Between $200 Jeans & $20 Ones
We all know what jeans look like: blue denim with a zipper, button, belt loops, and five pockets, including that little one for coins in the front. Designe
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The Naked Dress Is Interesting Because The Naked Dress Is Impossible
The Naked Dress, a long, sheer gown encrusted with just enough jewels, feathers, and embroidery to keep the X-rated bits out of view, is having a moment. O
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New York
The Last Millennial In The Garment District
Joann Kim starts her day at 6 a.m. at her dad’s home in Flushing, Queens. She and her boyfriend Luca, a handsome Italian with an undercut and tattoos
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Trends
Are You A Hypocrite When It Comes To Fur?
Before recently bouncing down the runways of Marc Jacobs, Thakoon, Altuzarra, and Alexander McQueen, fur has been freshly reinterpreted into edgy silhouett
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Work & Money
What You Don’t Know About Student Loans Could Save You A Lo...
Scared you'll NEVER pay off your student loans? You need to read this...
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Sex
The REAL List Of The Best Cities For Single Women
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Designers
The Cotton Controversy: Does Green Have To Be At Odds With Our Wh...
We make it part of our mission to promote the practice of thoughtful, eco-minded shopping—which you can see everywhere on Refinery29, from Amber Vall
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Designers
One Year Since Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza Collapse β Has Anyth...
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Designers
We Explain Why This Plain White T-Shirt Could Cost $40
Photo: Courtesy of Loomstate. Searching for a basic tee? Forever 21 has a relaxed-fit one for $6.80, Gap does it for $20, and you could get another at Nord
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Work & Money
Do You Really Need A Credit Card?
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New York
The Ultimate Halloween Playlist
Photos: via Amazon. Halloween is arguably one of the best holidays of the year. Not only do you get to wear whatever you want (seriously, whatever you want
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Shopping
Is This New E-Commerce Site The Answer To Unethical Shopping?
Photo: Courtesy of Zady. Maxine Bédat and Soraya Darabi bonded in high school in Minneapolis over their shared international background — rare
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Fashion
Fashion Karma: 7 Steps To Shopping Ethically
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