Kim Kardashian launched Skims in 2019, and her sleek, barely-there shapewear has continued to break the internet since; even now, the waitlist for anything trendy is, and I'm only slightly exaggerating, a trillion years long. I, like so many others, was drawn to the brand's slinky lounge dress, which has been consistently sold out in most sizes and colors since it launched. Despite stalking the website every day and signing up for alerts, I never managed to snag the now TikTok-viral dress in my size. Read More...
Walking around my neighborhood in New York City sometimes feels like taking a tour through a fashion trends museum. At any given moment you can see every internet micro-aesthetic, from dark academia to dopamine dressing to tennis core, and it’s not uncommon to spot someone actually rocking a version of Kendall Jenner’s no-pants look. To put it simply, I always take style cues from my neighbors, and was intrigued by the absolute choke-hold one particular pair of shoes had on all of the local cool girls over the last year. Read More...
I recently finished a bottle of a favorite perfume, one Selena Gomez even complimented me on: Costa Brazil’s Aroma. When I went to buy a refill, I came across a message essentially stating a hiatus, if not an end, to the brand. Two minutes of research later, I found out its parent company had declared bankruptcy, taking one of my favorite luxury brands and decadent musky perfumes with it. I’ve been panickedly trying perfumes, looking for its successor, and I can finally say I found one in DedCool’s Milk Layering Fragrance. Read More...
