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Fashion

Would You Match Outfits With Your Significant Other?

by Alyssa Coscarelli

21 hours ago

Fashion

Blogger Lyn Slater Is Sick Of Being Singled Out For Her Age

by Alyssa Coscarelli

Sep 21, 2018

Fashion

A Week Of Wearing Summer Clothing For Fall

by Michelle Li

Sep 19, 2018

Fashion

How To Pull Off Tube Tops When You're Plus-Size

There are so many rules when it comes to fashion, which is why we really enjoy breaking them. But going against outdated style tropes isn't always as easy

by Eliza Huber

Paid Content

Dress Your Authentic Self (Without Breaking The Bank)

One of the best parts about fall is trying all the sweet trends we've been dying to get our hands on ever since last season's runway shows — scoping out

by Jennifer Mulrow

Fashion

All The Ways To Wear Sheer Clothing Because It's Still

Clothes are meant to cover the body. But lately, I've been inundated with sheer pieces that let you show it all off. As someone who doesn't regularly wear

by Alyssa Coscarelli

Beauty
Miss Universe's First Transgender Contestant Is Competing Fo...
As a child, Angela Ponce dreamed of being a princess. She had no idea that one day her desire to wear a crown would become reality. In June, she won the
by Thatiana Diaz

Beauty
37 Beauty Products Greek Girls Can't Live Without
Take a trip to Greece and you'll quickly notice that all the European beauty rules you thought you knew go out the window. There, on the Santorini cliffs
by Samantha Sasso

Beauty
The Hair Products Latinas Are Loving Right Now
For the Latinx community, hair is everything. From a young age, we're taught to take care of our strands by deep conditioning once a week and wrapping our
by Thatiana Diaz

Beauty
The Drag Queen's Guide To Not Sweating Off All Your Makeup
Drag queens know a lot about sweat and makeup. Between the bright lights and the high-energy performances that could range from passionately lip syncing
by Rachel Lubitz

Beauty
Braided Bangs Will Be All Over Your Timeline In 3, 2...
Having box braids — or any protective style, for that matter — doesn't mean you have to stay in a box. Every festival season, we end up seeing some of
by Khalea Underwood

Dedicated Feature
Every Outfit Needs A Pair Of Jeans, According To Two Gen Z'ers
We can always count on denim to set the stage for personal style. Where one person might dress up a straight-leg cut with square-toe mules and a
by Jennifer Mulrow

Dedicated Feature
Here's What College Kids Are Actually Wearing In 2018
Age ain't nothin' but a number, or so says Yusra Siddiqui, a precocious New York teen whose refreshing take on collegiate style (which provides plenty of
by Alison Ives

Fashion
What It's Really Like Going To Prom As An LGBTQ+ Student
Trigger warning: During the McCarthy era of the 1950s, prom — yes, the night of spiked punch and making out under the bleachers — served as a part of
by Landon Peoples

Beauty
How A DNA Kit Blew Up My Life & Changed My Family Forever
I'm four years old. I've yet to grow into the teeth that will one day take up a third of my face when I smile, just like my mom. I can understand that
by Kelsey Castañon

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Meet 3 People Who Use Fashion To Celebrate Their Pride
Leyna Bloom and I used to shop at the same H&M, the massive, multi-level store that opened on Chicago’s State Street in the early 2000s. We didn’t
by Melissa Kravitz

Fashion
The Old, Secret Style Language Of The LGTBQ+ Community
Have you ever heard of the hanky code? The banana code? What about flagging? It's okay if you haven't, but it's actually pretty cool. In the '70s, the
by Landon Peoples

MyIdentity
The Black Woman Bringing Luxury To New York’s Diamond District
To walk around Manhattan’s diamond district, the interconnected stores or “booths” lined along 47th street between Fifth and Sixth avenues, is an
by Channing Hargrove

Fashion
How Japanese Women At Internment Camp Made Their Clothes Their Own
In our new series #NotYourTokenAsian, R29's Asian & Pacific Islander staffers take on the pop products, stereotypes, and culture wars that surround Asian
by Meiko Takechi Arq...

MyIdentity
We Spoke With One Of YouTube's Christian Vloggers About How ...
As of this writing, Becca Eller has 42,421 YouTube subscribers and can garner anywhere between 2,000 and 200,000 views on her videos. She isn’t an
by Sara Coughlin

Fashion
The Clothes We Couldn't Wear Until We "Came Out"
Take it from someone who's known they were gay since birth: Clothing is a manifesto. It's a mission statement, a mood, a public declaration of self and
by Landon Peoples

Beauty
For Many Trans Women, "Passing" Isn't Just Cosmetic — It...
Nicole walked into a northern Virginia nightclub ready to party. She was dressed to the nines, in her highest heels, a tight-fitted dress, and a padded
by Kelsey Castañon

Beauty
The Beauty Products Latinas Are Loving Right Now
It'd be a disservice to put Latinas in a box. With a rich and storied cultural history that spans the globe, how could you? And when it comes to beauty
by Khalea Underwood

Beauty
I'm Latinx — & I'm Fed Up With Being Called "Exotic"
Like many Latinxs, Luna Diaz, a 21-year-old retail associate in New York, had to learn how to navigate her identity beyond the stereotype portrayed in TV
by Kelsey Castañon

Beauty
The Beauty Products Nigerian Women Swear By
You can't scroll through Pinterest or Instagram's Explore page without seeing at least one Nigerian beauty blogger slaying in all of her melanated glory.
by Khalea Underwood

MyIdentity
I Embraced Being Plus-Size & Finally Got My Style Back
My flight was leaving in 12 hours and I had everything packed except an outfit for the wedding at the center of the trip. I was surrounded by discarded
by Rebecca Smith

News
7 Women Discuss How They Handle The "Where Are You From?" Question
For a growing swath of Americans, “Where are you from?” is a loaded question. It might seem innocuous enough — why shouldn’t someone be curious
by Us

Beauty
Is My Obsession With Perfect Skin Ruining My Life?
Like an existentialist Carrie Bradshaw by way of Carl Jung, I often get to thinking: How much of a person is personality, and how much is pathology?
by Rachel Krause

Fashion
Clothing Means More To Me Because It Has To
I have lived in New York City — you know, the place known for its fashion and bold attitude, the 525,600 minutes song, taxis — my entire life, but it
by Devin Halbal

Beauty
Stop Telling Me What Asian Girls Should Look Like
In our new series #NotYourTokenAsian, R29's Asian & Pacific Islander staffers take on the pop products, stereotypes, and culture wars that surround Asian
by Mi-Anne Chan