I Tried the Viral ‘Get Ready With Me’ Challenge Using Only Thrifted Pieces
It began, as all terrible ideas start, at 1 AM on a Tuesday after I’d had three glasses of wine and too much time on my hands. I was lost…
It began, as all terrible ideas start, at 1 AM on a Tuesday after I’d had three glasses of wine and too much time on my hands. I was lost…
There’s a photo of me somewhere that my mother threatens to share on Facebook every time I act like too-big-of-a-freaking-know-it-all. It was taken in 1997. I am wearing platform sandals…
In my family we have a saying about trends and fashion that my grandma Florence lived by: “There’s nothing new under the sun, just old trends waiting for the right…
Here’s something I’d surely lose my job at any respectable fashion magazine doing today, around the year 2019: I purchase items off TikTok. I, a 30-something fashion editor who’s been…
I knew I was officially old when a 22-year-old intern tsk-tsked me for how I wore jeans. It wasn’t when I noticed my first gray hair (hey Steve, I see…
How many of us have found ourselves on TikTok past our bedtime, mindlessly scrolling? I have okayed my bank account countless times this way, watching #gett readywithme videos and thinking:…
Last month, I was browsing through a vintage store in Philadelphia when I spotted someone doing something most women (myself included) often stop doing after a certain age: playing dress…
A few weeks ago, I was browsing through an antique store in Philadelphia when I spotted a woman in the accessories section pinning brooches to her lapel. She held up…
I have a confession. One that would have got me fired from any decent fashion magazine around 2019: I purchase items because TikTok tells me to. Full stop. Me, a…
“No, Mom, it’s supposed to look like that.” I groaned into my phone. It was an uphill battle trying to describe why I spent a truly embarrassing percentage of my…