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A Look Back at Balenciaga’s Weirdest Products of All Time
Balenciaga is known for pushing the boundaries of fashion. Let’s look back at their weirdest products of all time.
A Heather Chandler Style Guide and Analysis to Help You Dress and Think Like a Mythic Bitch
Heather Chandler’s red scrunchie and shoulder pads just scream gaslight, girlboss, gatekeep. Here’s how to dress like you rule Westerberg high.
Style Retrospective: The History of Georgian Era Fashion and How It Influences What You’re Wearing Now
History repeats itself — and that’s why fashion trends do to. Take a peep at the historical forces that surrounded Georgian era fashion.
What Is Slow Fashion?: A Guide to Upcycling and the Movement Towards Sustainable Fashion
A group of artists, businesspeople, and celebrities are ushering in the slow fashion movement and putting an end to the fast fashion industry.
Red Hair Dye Guide: How to Get, Maintain, and Re-Dye Red Hair
Welcome 2023 with vibrant red hair. Vivid Magenta may be Pantone’s color of the year, but it doesn’t have to be yours.
The Indie Aesthetic Is Back: An Updated Style Guide
The indie aesthetic comes in and out of style just like any other subculture-based fashion. And now? It’s back baby.
The Deliciously Retro Return of the 80s Aesthetic
From Cher’s yellow suit in Fancy to Stranger Things to Vaporwave, the 80s aesthetic has been waiting to happen…again.
What’s a Soft Girl?: Your Guide to the Soft Girl Aesthetic
The soft girl aesthetic is just one of the many microtrends to come out of the 2020s. It features pastel colors and a love of being unabashedly feminine.
Angelcore: The Internet’s New Femme (And Feminist) Aesthetic
Clad in pearls, lace, and soft pastels, angelcore borrows Catholic imagery to create an ethereal style and send a powerful message.
Hey Westerberg, Here’s How to Get Heather Duke’s Look
Heather Duke’s sense of style makes her just as iconic as Chandler and McNamara, even if she isn’t necessarily as respected as them.
Sailor Mars Fans, Here’s How You Can Cop Her Style
Sailor Mars’s fits are some of the best in Sailor Moon. Here’s a quick look at her fashion sense and some basics to help you start dressing like her.
The Strangely Fabulous Fashion of Ancient Minoan Greece
Ancient Minoan fashion was bright, lively, and revealing. In some ways, it wasn’t all that different from later historical fashion trends or today’s fashion trends.
The 5 Most Expensive Shoes Ever Sold
Most of us will never be able to afford a multi-million-dollar house, let alone the most expensive shoes in the world, which are going for nearly $20 million.
What Makes An E-Girl? A Guide to the E-Girl Aesthetic and Life
The e-girl aesthetic mixes fashion, internet history, and what it means to grow up online. Like her predecessors, the e-girl is no stranger to flak.
Goblincore: TikTok’s New Woodland Aesthetic
You’ve heard of Cottagecore. Now get ready for its frog-loving, mushroom-gathering sister aesthetic, Goblincore, that’s bringing foraging back into the mainstream.
Cheongsam History 101: The Dress Where History, Film, and the Modern Woman Meet
The cheongsam embodies cultural, political, and social change, proving that history is about more than just big movements.
Life-Saving Skincare Advice From Reddit’s r/SkincareAddiction
Reddit’s r/SkincareAddiction and r/AsianBeauty are the internet’s dermatologist. Here’s some of their best advice.
Dark Academia: The Old World Aesthetic That’s Reviving the Humanities
Ink wells, plaid pea coats, and Greek poetry. These are a few of Dark Academia’s favorite things in an age when arts and humanities are increasingly devalued.
Interview With Conscious Life and Style Founder and Content Creator, Elizabeth Joy
Elizabeth Joy is on a mission to make eco-friendly and socially-conscious fashion more accessible.
Blair Waldorf #Things: A Study of the Best of Blair’s Outfits on Gossip Girl
Because no one brings back Y2K without inviting the one and only Blair Waldorf.
7 Great Tramp Stamp Tattoo Ideas for the Beautifully Trashy
The tramp stamp tattoo has always had a negative stigma around it. This article is here to change that.
5 Everyday Things That Exist Thanks to War
War: what is it good for? Innovation, apparently. These wartime inventions have become so everyday, you might not realize they started out in war.
6 Different Flavors of the Goth Aesthetic
The goth aesthetic isn’t all black eyeliner and silver pentagrams. Okay, maybe it is. But how you wear those differs depending on what kind of goth you are.