Today we are focusing on one of the classic '90s style legacies: the chunky platform sneaker, and how it's return to the spotlight is confusing and delighting the world of fashion. ...
1970s fashion can be summed up nicely in one word: embellishment. If your thing didn't have a thing on it - why not?! There are sequins, appliques, punk rock patches, and fringe to add to nearly everything you own. If you're ...
The most polarizing beauty trend of 2017 so far is also one of the hottest trends among first-time makeup users: the smeared lipstick look. I've seen it described as "lollipop lips," "bitten lips" (ew), "popsicle mouth" (how graceful), and the ...
Every once in a while, a trend comes around that really just makes me wonder if I even know what style is. Do I actually have terrible taste? Am I devoid of creativity? Spider lashes, which now have revamped names like "chaotic ...
It seems to me like the beauty industry is trying to take lipstick to another level lately. Over the last few years, we've made the leap from cream lipsticks in bullets to liquid lipsticks that require chemist-grade solvents to remove. ...
Like everything else in my life, I am perpetually late to the beauty party. In fact, it's so consistent that I can almost predict when I will finally understand how to use something based on the time it gets released. ...
This post has been rolling around in my head for a while because I wasn't sure that this question about creepers was entirely worth asking. I vacillated between "that would be a dumb post because obviously, no, ska is dead ...
All of these within-my-lifetime style revivals are throwing me for a loop. I remember flipping through the pages of delia*s and Alloy catalogues, looking at the different ways to start expressing yourself by showing skin - 80% of which I was ...
Were you as confused as I was when the chosen sandals of the summer were the same ergonomic, slide-on sandals responsible for the "Ugly Shoe Phenomenon?" What once were best used as the punchline for every joke about crunchy hippies ...
Here is an emerging trend that I'm actually somewhat apprehensive about: platform sneakers. Not to be confused with wedge sneakers, platform sneakers conjure images of a pastel-coated Baby Spice a la mid-90s. Also, if you were paying attention for a year ...
If you haven't been invited to a Jamberry party on Facebook, you're not officially in the year 2015 because that's pretty much all we do now. Nail wraps are not really a new thing, but with the extreme re-popularity of ...
Typically, between my daily store-memorization routines and sociocultural analysis (read: street style & runway shows on my Macbook while eating peanut butter from the jar), I can usually pinpoint where trends originate - be it a specific designer, or a ...
When fashion combines with efficiency - with a dash of peer pressure from minimalism - you get capsule wardrobes. Here's the scoop on where the idea came from, and how you can work it into your lifestyle. ...
On paper, overalls are everything I'm supposed to love: comfortable and not immobilizing onesie made of cotton? Should be an auto-sign up... but when it's overalls... there's something different. I have a hesitance that is accompanied by flashbacks of butterfly clips ...
The popularity of matching tops and bottoms is on the rise, and I'm starting to see things on the racks that... I would actually consider wearing. This is completely atypical and therefore must be examined. ...
I'm typically okay with "fashion trends" playing roulette with the calendar, and I've been alive long enough to have at least 11 of my childhood garments come back into style (and most, right back out again). That accepting and understanding ...
The word, alone, strikes fear and unfortunate memories within the minds of 80s & 90s kids everywhere. Skorts. Ew, just looking at it hurts! Some reluctant fans have insisted on calling them "skirt-shorts," as if that prevents the vulgar, mutated ...
Above knuckle rings, also called top knuckle rings or midi rings or first knuckle rings, have started to pick up speed in recent months. I see more boutique owners, fashion bloggers, and generally stylish humans rocking a small, minimalist ring on their upper fingers ...
I spent twenty minutes trying to come up with a joke about lucite that wasn't boring or overused, and I'm pretty sure that the best joke about lucite is the joke refrained from, at this point. So there you go. ...
Yeah, that's right. Fake glasses - I approve of them. It ain't no thang to wear some pretend specs around town if they give you a look you want - why are there so many people who hate this? I ...