While the fashion community may in theory support the causes surrounding the LGBTQIA+ community, the backing can come across as surface-level when acknowledging the lack of protection and harmful practices that are…
Stylist Sakinah Bashir on Pyer Moss’ Daring Couture Showing
When it rains it pours yet the payoff of Pyer Moss’ first couture showing was a collection that was a testament to resilience, historic references, and subtle defiance of tradition. Held in…
How Artist Eliza Douglas Became Balenciaga’s Main Attraction
Photo by Nadine Fraczkowski Art, fashion and music collide when interacting with polymath Eliza Douglas’ long-winding career path. After perceived rejection from the modeling industry in the early aughts, the androgynous multi-hyphenate…
See What the Models Are Wearing After Marc Jacobs’ Triumphant Return
With his last runway show staged before quarantine, Marc Jacobs’ return to the live stage carried more weight than his beloved oversized proportions. With an all-new creative team (this show marked the…
Heather Kemesky Rises to Design for Her New Line ‘House of Ash’
It’s no coincidence that reinvention and rebirth are at the core of Heather Kemesky’s new jewelry and elevated basics line, House of Ash. After she made a popular custom piece as a…
Nadine Ijewere Makes a ‘Beautiful Disruption’ at C/O Berlin
Photographer Nadine Ijewere knows all about a “beautiful disruption.’ As the first Black woman to have ever shot an American and British Vogue cover, the 28-year-old British artist of Nigerian and Jamaican…
Ansley Gulielmi on The Pressures of Sample Size and Reclaiming Her Career
With this past year’s pandemic bringing extreme isolation and anxiety about the unknown future, understanding the importance of mental health is more essential than ever. 18.1% of Americans suffer from depression, schizophrenia,…
Ruoyi Jiang Curates the New Wave of Chinese Culture at Chop Suey Club
Since 2016, Ruoyi Jiang has been a leader within the retail space of her Chinatown community, seeking to beat xenophobia through accessibility and education. The quintessential boutique retail space Chop Suey Club…
The WOW Magazine Sets to Uplift Asia’s Vast Creative Talent
It is an arduous path for most independently published magazines, let alone those that seek to fill the gaps of an already oversaturated media market. For editor-in-chief of The WOW Magazine, Wei…
How Yasmin Warsame Balanced Motherhood in Pursuit of Modeling
Longevity is not an easy thing to come by in a modeling industry so focused on the new. New debuts, new exclusives, new faces from far-off locals – it can feel like…