Fashion Crush Friday: Totes
Wow. Everyone loves a good TOTE. There is nothing more satisfying than having enough room to stuff your sweatshirt, laptop, AND a water bottle all in one bag. Who cares if it’s super heavy on one side of your body, everything is floating around, and it takes you 5 minutes to locate your wallet in […]
The Real Story Behind Your Favorite Social Justice Tee
From a casual Tweet, to a young Etsy business, to Frank Ocean’s wardrobe, and finally to a nation-wide trend. Words by Nico Gavino Walking through the VCU campus, I’ve observed people sporting the famous “Why be sexist, racist, homophobic or transphobic when you could be quiet?” t-shirt. The shirt was brought to my attention once […]
Well Suited
Female dandyism is a crucial subculture that has transcended dress and bent traditional gender lines for over a century. Icons of the sartorial movement include Marlene Dietrich, Georgia O’Keefe, and Tamara De Lempicka. These artists explored androgyny by co-opting motifs of menswear and suit tailoring. Today, the black dandy furthers this groundbreaking representation, evident in […]
The New Frontier: A Collaboration with HBO’S West World
If you haven’t heard of HBO’s Emmy Nominated series West World, then you’ve probably been living off the grid or under a rock somewhere. Based on the 1973 Michael Crichton movie of the same name, the story unfolds in a futuristic Wild-West themed amusement park, where high-paying guests can fulfill their wildest cowboy dreams without […]
Coming of Age
Creative Direction & Photography: Lordina Nyarko Models: Aviance Hawkes, Shanelle Johnson, Kaylee Ahn Makeup: Katie Williams Clothing Credits: Looney Tunes tee — Rumors Boutique; blue tie-dye top — Rumors Boutique; Snake skin jean jacket — Katie Williams; Everything else — Stylist’s own
The “Cool Dad” Revolution
If you need inspiration for an outfit, call your dad— or just steal from his closet. The “normcore” look, previously reserved for middle-aged dads, is trickling up to high-end fashion designers including Dior, Balenciaga, and Gucci. What started out as rocking dad hats has now transformed into young adults wearing entire ensembles inspired by fathers […]
An Interview with Simeon Rideb of Open Forum
We sat down with Simeon Rideb, creator of Open Forum, to talk about their experience curating a fashion collection and art performance with other Richmond artists earlier this year. Interview by Kristina Dickey When did you decide to start working on this collection? Last August I visited New York for the first time and while […]
R.I.P. Millennial Pink
By Julia Block It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring […]
HOW TO DRESS LIKE ME, A FASHION GOD
By Julia Block You are a liberal arts/STEM major attending an art school. And while high school classified you as hipster, college is a whole new ball game. Now, your Adidas Superstars and Fjällräven Kånken backpack seems so passé, especially compared to the thrift-store-swaddled ceramics major wearing Yeezys who just ordered a sextuple shot of […]
Fashion Rant: Cringing Festival Fashion
By Allison Oberlin Coachella began on April 14th, marking the official beginning to summer festival season as well as a series of shady memes. Among them was an image of Johnny Depp as Tonto in The Lone Ranger, with the caption, “Every girl walking into Coachella like”. This joke really isn’t that funny, because it’s […]
Fashion Rant Friday: Anti-Social Social Club
By Tahmari Tupponce I love streetwear. Love, love, love it. The fact that you can go to a thrift store, cut up an old Champion hoodie, buy $2 Adidas sweatpants with stains, and somehow still manage to look like Rihanna? Unbelievable. But streetwear has failed me, and has been failing all of us for the […]
Fashion Crush Friday: Grace Coddington
By Allison Oberlin It is high time to acknowledge one of the most inspiring figures in fashion, who serves as the measuring stick for any magazine’s creative director. Grace Coddington or “The Cod” grew up in a small area in the United Kingdom and began her modeling career through a photo contest in Vogue. With […]