Mindful Mess: How Julia Fox is giving Wellness a Makeover
Also known as #cluttercore or #corecore, mindful mess celebrates the idea and quest for authenticity and community, while rebranding wellness and self-care.
Annika Duda
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Now-Stalgia: We’re not looking into the past – we’re updating it
But what comes after nostalgia? The acceleration of culture brought about by social media algorithms has officially killed the 20-year cycle. Today's zeitgeist feels like an overwhelming mix of every era happening everywhere all at once. Enter: Now-Stalgia. The new trend embraces the chaos of internet culture, taking inspiration from every decade and giving it a futuristic twist that feels uniquely contemporary. Instead of limiting ourselves to historical accuracy, we look to the past for tools to build new presents.
Balenciaga Resort 2024: Out of ideas or avoiding controversies?
I hate to be that girl - but I am going to be that girl. With his resort collection for 2024, Demna has probably put the last nail in the already closed coffin of Balenciaga. Because: Playing it safe ain’t gonna cut it.
Découverte de la Mode: all About Haute Couture
Fashion is fun. But fashion can also be difficult to understand. Especially as a new creative, navigating fashion terminology can be challenging. Fashion terms aren’t just fancy jargon that designers use to show off. Knowing the meaning of the most common words in the industry will help you master your subject and communicate better with […]
The Secret Sauce: How do Fashion Brands Create Compelling Stories
While the internet personalities are usually provided with complete looks of the respective brand, Prada came up with a clue for the #PradaMoon campaign: All participating influencers styled themselves or wore their usual everyday looks. In short, bye-bye full-look policy and hello believable storytelling.
„Don’t let your Boyfriend stop you from finding your Husband” – Is Infidelity as Bad as you think?
Why is it that as our understanding of the vast complexity of human sexuality continues to evolve, our expectations of monogamy haven't evolved much with it?
On the Media’s Superiority Complex – Or: Why all Journalists are kind of As*holes pt.2
„No one likes smug know- it-all friends, relatives or co-workers who believe their knowledge and beliefs are superior to others. But people like him are not unique in journalism."
Met Gala 2023: Lagerfeld, The Theme & Our Predictions
The Met Gala, also known as the Costume Institute Gala, is a renowned fashion event held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It features international celebrities, iconic designs by fashion legends like Karl Lagerfeld, and sparks fashion trends and controversies, making it a cultural phenomenon in the fashion industry.
Female Rage – The Power of Women’s Anger
It is exhausting to see women having to be good in the face of constant violence. It is liberating to see them be vile. Let them rage on.
Netflix’s NEXT IN FASHION shows what’s wrong with the fashion industry
The show invites you to immerse yourself into the sweet bliss of ignorance and lack of knowledge, that the industry loves so much. If fashion is currently responsible for the majority of CO2 emissions and filling up landfill after landfill, then we need some things, but not THE NEXT BIG THING. It's not a criticism of the show, and certainly not of the young designers. It is, rather, a criticism of the fashion machine itself, which is always striving for more, with no idea of what more is.
Annika Duda
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