First off, let me tell you that I’m typically considered a small girl, coming in strong at five feet tall, and about 130lbs. However, I struggle with my body, my appearance – basically everything about myself on a daily basis. Especially within the past year or so, weight has been something that has seemed to […]
Read More Body Positivity: NYC Fashion WeekNew York Fashion Week is upon us once again. As a self-proclaimed fashion fanatic, I very much look forward to the two weeks of the year (one in September and one in February) when models get to strut down the runway in designers’ latest threads, with fashion and celebrity royalty watching from the sidelines. I […]
Read More Feminism in FashionThis exact story was sent out through ShoutOut! JMU as a quick hit, but I feel like it deserves a bit more attention. Let’s go back to our middle school days. These days school was long, acne was emerging, and bullies were at their peak. However, middle school is around the time that we tend […]
Read More A shirt called feministRecently model Arisce Wanzer published and open letter to Kendall Jenner that that made waves in the fashion world. Jenner, who is Kim Kardashian’s younger sister was recently chosen to be Estee Lauder’s newest spokesperson. The young model has also modeled for Marc Jacobs, Giles Deacon, Chanel, and Givenchy- an impressive list no matter who […]
Read More Are open letters always effective?The Oscars are this weekend, the Academy Awards, and everyone is already speculating on who will wear what. Monday morning, we will have to endure the “best” and “worst” dressed individuals, mostly targeting the women’s dresses, accessories, and manicures. This blows my mind after every award show, because hey, I have nothing against ogling a […]
Read More Young Girl Wears Paper Dresses: Creativity EnsuesYesterday, I wrote an introductory piece on my thoughts about the role of men in the fashion industry. Today I want to go beyond that and talk a bit about what it means for us to be consumers of fashion in our society. As I stated before, fashion permeates through our culture and is a […]
Read More Can Men Play Dress Up Too?: A Two-Part Discussion on the Influence of Men in the Fashion Industry (Part II)What better way to start off my involvement with Shout Out than a two-part post on one of my favorite things to discuss: fashion? I can hardly think of one. It is not revolutionary or productive for me to spend time arguing over whether there’s sexism in the fashion industry because the short answer there […]
Read More Can Men Play Dress Up Too?: A Two-Part Discussion on the Influence of Men in the Fashion Industry (Part I)Recently, Buro 24/7, released an interview with the Russian editor-in-chief of Garage magazine, Dasha Zhukova attached to a highly controversial photograph. In the photo, Zhukova is sitting on a chair sculpted to look like a contorted and mostly naked black woman. And while this situation sounds terrible on its own, things were only made worse […]
Read More Quick Hit: Racist Chairs. Art isn’t an excuse.The stereotype of women is that they all love shopping. But frankly, shopping can be really hard, especially with a fashion industry who doesn’t think of their consumers. The average woman is a size 14, yet many stores max out at a size 16. Also, rarely do clothing stores with lingerie sell A cup bras […]
Read More 18 Worst Things When Shopping with a Different Body TypeSo I was procrastinating on the interwebz the other day and I came across something that really got to me. An article taken from The Consumerist titled “We’re Sorry You Ever Came To Our Store & Wasted Our Precious Time,” writer MB Quirk describes a situation where a woman and her friends were shopping for […]
Read More GASP! Sorry your store got shut down…NOT