Kwame Adusei had 10 years under his belt as a fashion designer in Ghana when he decided he was up for a new challenge. So he packed up and moved to New York Cityâ¦in January, an additional challenge he didnât exactly take into consideration. âMoving straight from a tropical place to New York, you find … Read more
Putting the book together and conceiving of arguing something over various essays was kind of a different process, though. There are so many different threads in the book. In a poetry book, I can kind of just lay all those threads out, whereas with this one, I felt more compelled to do some braiding and … Read more
Itâs a cliché that dark economic times always bring out the best in London, but thereâs a truth to it. Mainly because itâs the prime London designer rule that you must be yourself, and when the economic chips are down, you just go stronger and louderâas Vivienne Westwood, John Galliano, and Alexander McQueen all did. … Read more
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To give the main trio a distinct and cohesive look, Stein and Barrett landed on colorful pieces with retro silhouettes. “We were immediately on the same page,” says Barrett of the duo’s initial conversations. “We wanted it to be timeless, with a little bit of fifties and sixties mixed in.” They nodded to the era’s … Read more
There was a point in my high school career, smack dab in the middle of the 2010sâthe dog days of the Indie Sleaze Eraâwhere a certain pair of boots became all the rage. Overnight, it seemed like everyone was wearing ankle boots featured gaping cutouts on either side, held together by chunky buckles. At the … Read more
No ingredient has a hold on the skincare market quite like hyaluronic acid. These days, you’d be hard-pressed to find a product that doesn’t have it in its formulation. But what is hyaluronic acid exactly? And why is it so commonly used? As the ingredient is known to “hold 1000 times its weight in water,” … Read more
The Grand-Hotel du Cap-Ferrat is a Belle Epoque relic positioned on its own private peninsula—jutting into the Mediterranean somewhere between Nice and Monaco. Over cocktails and appetizers just off the lobby (seated in a room designed by Gustave Eiffel of Eiffel Tower fame), the hotel manager informs me that Emily in Paris filmed much of … Read more
Tom Ford, Donatella Versace, and the late Gianni Versace and Alexander McQueen all made names for themselves in fashion capitals literally and proverbially thousands of miles away from Trinidad and Tobago. But there, during Trinidad Carnival 2024, the Rogue carnival band danced through the streets of Port of Spain wearing chic masquerade costumes named in … Read more
If anxiety over independent labels’ ability to survive in 2024 New York was reaching a fever pitch outside the gallery, inside there was a feeling of an alternate New York Fashion Week. A group of looks from Chris Peters’s CDLM project greeted people as they walked in, including a printed cotton dress “accessorized” with a vintage … Read more
A sponge, a brush, or clean fingertips are all perfectly acceptable for application. “I always recommend that people use whatever tool they feel most comfortable with,” Aharon says. Ilia Skincare, makeup, and SPF 40 converge in a lightweight skin tint that can soften fine lines and adds a dewy finish to an everyday makeup look. … Read more
