Tag Archives: fashion trends
Summer Trends to Love: Sheer Panels, High Necks, Birkenstocks(!), and More
It’s finally summer, which means less clothing and more skin–although, ironically, it also means restocking your wardrobe with all the requisite apparel. Sheer Paneling Because everyone loves playing the peekaboo game right now, but not all of us are Rihanna. High Necks/Square Necks The perfect way to balance out the ubiquitous crop top, not […]
Uniquely You: LBDs, Personal Style, and Midnight in Paris
Maybe it’s the approach of summer and ridiculously high temps, but recently I’ve found myself being drawn to the effortless appeal of dresses. I’ve always been one for simplicity. I like throwing on a dress and adding just a few of my own subtle details. Though my personality may reflect otherwise, I can’t help but […]
A Brief History of the Naked Dress
Last Monday, Rihanna was awarded the coveted title of 2014 Fashion Icon by the CFDA. Some were happy, some were not, but all of that was eclipsed by the now ubiquitous image of a practically-naked Rihanna on the red carpet at the award show. Full disclosure: I’m not Rihanna’s biggest fan, but for reasons other […]
HeartThis: More Virtual Window Shopping
Convenience seems to be an obsession in our culture. One-stop shopping is the way we do things (have you been to a Super Target?), and now that extends to online shopping. Apparently, no one has time to “surf” the Web anymore; the bookmarks tab has become so twentieth century. Now, even one-stop browsing has become […]
Welcome Back, White (Even Though You Never Left)
Memorial weekend is almost upon us, which means the unofficial inauguration of summer and the celebration of all things related–hot dogs, American flags, day-drinking, and white clothing. The past year has been a year for rule-breaking, sartorially speaking, so if you’ve been wearing white all through the winter, don’t fret; Memorial weekend is simply another […]
Coachella 2014: What Did We Learn?
Coachella, the music festival that started out fairly popular and blew up into a cultural phenomenon/beacon of basic-ness (props to this Basic Bitches’ Guide to Coachella for keeping it real), is like that tropical vacation/cruise you take with your family every few years; It’s the only time your dad ever wears a Hawaiian shirt, and you […]
Are you Keep-ing?
You should be. If you thought online shopping was easy already, surfing from site to site via email promos or blog scrolling or just plain browsing, Keep takes it to another (fiscally dangerous) level. It’s a kind of combination of Pinterest and Stumble Upon, except better because it’s only for fashion and no one’s sharing casserole recipes. […]
What the F@#% is Normcore?
When I was a freshman in college at this uppity liberal arts school in Manhattan, two kids in my dorm dressed as NYC tourists for Halloween. They wore jorts and mom jeans with $2 I Heart NY tees, mock turtlenecks, and baseball caps. Added to the mix were the obligatory athletic shoes, probably New Balance […]
Hey, Boys: We don’t dress for you
Over the past year or so, I’ve seen the occasional article/list of things guys hate to see on women, and I always feel a mixture of anger and amusement. The article is invariably written by a dude, a narrow-minded one who seems to think that girls dress for the sole/primary purpose of impressing guys. Boys, […]
The Wrong Coast 