I can’t recall the exact moment, but I was aware of how others perceived me from a very young age. And If you identify as Black (like myself), Asian American, Latinx, or any other marginalized identity, I’m betting that you, too, had that early consciousness. You grow up knowing and wrestling with how your own self-perception may not always align with the stereotypes around your “label.” For me, the only way I could cajole others into seeing me the way I saw myself was through style. Aft...

I don't think anyone would disagree when I say that our fast-paced lives have so many implications for our fashion choices. On the one hand, we've never been more connected on a global scale than we are now. The fact that a writer like me in New York can publish a story about what people are wearing in Milan the same day or uncover an emerging Latin-owned brand and shout it out to the world is a beautiful thing. But on the other hand, we consume and wear new trends faster than ever, a...

The sayings everything comes back around and that everything new is old certainly apply to fashion. We doubt that there's any designer among us who doesn't extensively look through archives when working on a new collection, and those trends hit the runway then trickle down to fast fashion. The point is pretty much any "new" trend is at least an iteration of one we've seen before. This phenomenon is something that most fashion lovers actually appreciate. Dressing like Brigitte Bardot or Bianc...

Shopping inspiration, anyone? Well, nobody asked, but I'm certainly delivering anyways. With a dizzying number of new pieces hitting the market, it can be downright intimidating to peruse what's out there in the hopes of making a little wardrobe update. But that's where I come in, friends. On a typical day, I'm doing some online browsing to highlight the very best shopping picks of the moment, but today, I'm taking it a step further by showing you what we're personally adding to our clo...