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You Don’t Need Another Rollneck (opens the original)
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“I love this. I want it in every color.”The Apple Pay charge hasn’t cleared. The tag hasn’t been cut. The shoe has not touched actual pavement. And yet we’re already saying—or hearing—it, breathlessly, as if the fabulous find would somehow be made even better by owning it in multiples.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XBLP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F59de81
Who Is Fashion Designing For Now? (opens the original)
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I’m thrilled to share a fashion piece I wrote for DANIMÁS, a brand built around strength, training and style — and debuting ready-to-wear this week. In typical writing in black and white style, I viewed NYFW this season through the lens of what fashion is saying about women, and how it’s representing us. I’d love to hear your th
Clothes Minded Hearts Sarah Clary (opens the original)
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Fashion Week is centered around those who design clothes. And while female creative directors remain far fewer than their male counterparts, there are brilliant women designing this season. (We can thank industry veteran and former Barneys Fashion Director Julie Gilhart for this list.)But some of the people shaping how we see clothes aren’t designing them. Among my faves: stylist and creative director Sarah Clary.<a class="image-link image2 is-
Sartorial Snapshot: Issue 17. (opens the original)
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This Week: The Safety PinFour years before Carrie Bradshaw stepped out for her first date with Big in “the naked dress,” back when we were glued to HBO on Sunday nights for the first season of Sex and the City, Elizabeth Hurley showed up to a movie premiere with her (in)famous hair-flopping beau in a plunging Versace dress held together with safety pins and a prayer.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cD1O!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:
What’s The Big Idea? (opens the original)
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I want to see a giraffe.The September covers have arrived, and along with them a fashion journalist’s comparison to a “back-to-school catalog.” While there’s zero shortage of fashion conversation, images, Substacks and opinions, I’m craving something more (apparently, so is the journalist above). Something bolder. More arresting. More go-for-broke audacious.Which is why I keep thinking about Glenda Bailey and (pre-RHWONY) Rachel Zoe perching Demi Moore over a giraffe for an April 2010 cover — no
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