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Growing Up, My Mother and I Couldn’t Understand Each Other — Then We Wrote...

29 Big (Style) Ideas

It Was A Banner Year For Asian Representation. Now What?

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Style Out There: What Sex & Spandex Does For Dancehall Queens In ...

There are 2.8 million people in Jamaica. To put that in perspective, that’s less people than live in Kansas. And yet, Jamaican food, Jamaican culture, Ja

What If Fashion Brands Did… Less? A Conversation.

Featuring Brand Assembly’s Hilary France.

When Fashion Met Face Masks

The story behind the most used — and polarizing — accessory of the year.

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A Three-Minute Online Meditation Exercise

The deep folds on the surface of our cerebellum aid us in processing the tsunami of information we expose ourselves to every second. These days, it seems l

The Radically Different Reality TV Show We Need In These Times

Humans can be divided into two camps: Those for whom watching Bravo reality shows — its stars flipping tables, cursing each other out, and hatching diabo

Inside Shoes Are The Quarantine Fashion Trend I Never Expected To...

The canals in Venice are clear again. Cows are returning to the sea. My feet, soft from 100 days of walking around barefoot inside, look like they haven’

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The “Grateful To Be Here” Generation Has Some Apologising To Do

“Don’t go to HR.” A senior editor of the magazine where I was interning told me this over many glasses of house white wine at a subterranean bar. I w

This Is A Graduation. No Wonder They Wore Caps & Gowns.

It was a striking image, even if the subject’s pose and attire were familiar: Gorgeously dressed in bright white trainers and a flowing blue gown, the yo

The Disaster Mindset Helped Asian-Americans Survive. But It’...

We joke that we've been preparing for a pandemic for our entire lives. But living like disaster is around every corner won't serve us in the long-term.

The Secret To Parenting During A Pandemic Is Calling A Princess O...

Most of the participants showed up to the Zoom as veterans, having sat through plenty of calls in the weeks they’d been cooped up at home. Like all video

Love In The Shape Of Cut Fruit

Life is filled with bitter and hard things. When you extract pits, piths, and peels, fruit becomes a reliable source of pure sweetness, only softness.

How This Matching Sweatsuit Became The Unofficial Uniform Of Quar...

Whether in McDonald’s yellow or Muppet blue, the sweatsuits are a cheerful middle finger to the increasingly bleak scenes they inhabit: America, mid-lock

Forget Productivity: Let ‘Wuliao’ Be Your Quarantine Philosophy

Boredom is a privilege. Don't waste it by trying to be productive.

The Pure Positivity Of A Quarantine Dog

Hal was the answer to a long list of questions I asked myself about what I didn’t want. I didn’t want ruined furniture. I didn’t want ruined plans. I

Apparently, Some Of You Never Learned About “Inside Clothes”

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What It Means To Wear A Face Mask In America

If you wear one here, you are gullible, selfish, foreign, sick, and asking for attention. But in Asia, face masks mean something else altogether.

Can Two Master Fashion Designers Work Together Under One Label?

In the middle of the history-making press release announcing Prada’s decision that Raf Simons will be joining the brand as co-creative directors with Miu

Her Social Media Call Outs Led To Real Change At Prada. Here̵...

When Chinyere Ezie first wrote a post on Facebook about the racist display in Prada’s windows and inside its Soho store, she hoped that something would h

Closeness In The Age Of Coronavirus

I went to China to visit family over the holidays. But a quickly spreading virus turned family time into something more complicated.

RIP To Opening Ceremony, A Store That Taught Us How To Find Ourse...

It was easy to get lost inside Opening Ceremony's Howard Street store. But finding your way among all the wacky clothes was an education.

Should Doctors Be Influencers? One Brand Is Betting On It

Figs isn't just changing the way that medical professionals dress. It's also changing how they behave online.

‘California Girl’ Style Makes A Comeback

Late this summer, after ten years in New York, I moved to California. Four months into my new life, I found myself at work, wearing a giant sweater, leathe

Inside The Life Of Jenelle Eliana, The YouTuber Who Lives In A Va...

With just two videos, Jennelle Eliana found herself with 1 million subscribers. But even the dream of freedom has its cost.

Growing Up In The Forever 21 Generation

For aspirational messy adults, Forever 21's pitch was irresistible. But as we grew up, the brand refused to change.

Kamala Harris Loves Wearing Converse (Because Of Course She Does)

Kamala Harris has two modes: The hardass District Attorney or the hardass auntie. When she’s in DA mode, Kamala can be ruthless and no-nonsense, cutting

Fashion MSG: The Outfit-Enhancing Pieces Guaranteed To Amp Up The...

Only cops hate on Monosodium Glutamate — or MSG — the white powder that’s made good food taste even doper since it was first created in 1908 by a Jap

The Summer Of Big-Toe Shoes

I was a teenager when I got my first pair of flip flops. Up until then, flip flops were contraband material in my household, because according to my parent

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