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Fashion Week is Making New York Great Again

For the last two years, New York Fashion Week felt threatened by the future thanks to 2016 buzzwords like "see-now-buy-now" and...

NYFW: An Insider Weighs In

On the Eve of New York Fashion Week, I sat down with my good friend and former editor Caroline Vazzana to discuss the one of the most...

December 2016: Personalized Privilege

Back in June, The New York Times Style section noted that the Rise of DIY was here again with an emphasis on “Design-It-Yourself” and...

Bleak Friday

The post-Thanksgiving American is one of two things: A Black Friday Fanatic or a Crowd-Hating Scrooge. The Fanatic has always loved...

October 2016: Youth Awareness

Older generations shame Millennials and Generation Z for idolizing the Kardashians and Jenners because they are “famous for doing...

NYFW Special Trend Report: Circus Tents

In my three short years at FIT, I have watched New York Fashion Week go through a complete transformation. When I was a freshman and...

Week of 8/19/2016: Be the Brand You Want to Pay You

Before Rihanna became the Brand Ambassador for Puma in late 2014, I had never heard the term used outside of Girl Scouts—the ambassador...

More than Just a Bill: What Bill Cunningham Meant to Me and the Fashion Industry

I was first introduced to Bill Cunningham and his work by my Fashion Marketing professor my first semester of freshman year (Fall 2013)....

Week of 2/5/2016: You Make Me Feel Like Rubber

Designer’s go above and beyond trying to design the next “It Bag.” The bag that will be as coveted as the Birkin, and copied by every...

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