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It’s a well-documented style rule that men should never button the second button of a two-button suit jacket. It’s considered appropriate to button the top one when standing, sure, but never the second. So if no one’s supposed to use the bottom button, why does it exist? As with many fashion curiosities, history reportedly factors in. Legend goes…
On a recent trip to Disneyland, this intrepid reporter spots: A 30ish couple wearing faded Buzz Lightyear and Woody hoodies, the man’s personalized with “Derrick’s Little” in futuristic font and the woman’s with “Christine’s Big” in ropey script; A family of five in matching black-and-gold shirts, mom and daughter in Minnie and dad and sons…
There exists a certain unspoken heterosexual mating ritual that has persisted for the past decade or so, possibly longer. It is this: A twentysomething adult man, immediately after having sex, throws on a pair of enormous, egregiously shiny basketball shorts. Often procured from the mysterious chasm between his bed and the wall, the garment usually…
Nordstrom says the decision was made because Ivanka-branded products aren’t selling. During his Wednesday press conference, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer characterized Nordstrom’s decision to discontinue sales of Ivanka Trump-branded products as “an attack” that is “not acceptable.” Nordstrom says the decision was strictly business, but Spicer made clear he interprets the move as unfairly targeting…
1. Following news that Nordstrom would drop Ivanka Trump’s clothing line due to declining sales, President Trump tweeted Wednesday that the department store has treated her “so unfairly.” My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by @Nordstrom. She is a great person — always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible! — Donald…
GTM DataLayer Umbel End Umbel [if lte IE 9]>< ![endif][if gte IE 10]>< ![endif] Google Tag Manager Container In recent months, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has deployed his daughter Ivanka to show that the family has a compassionate side, which, among other things, will push both her and her father to advocate for better lives for working people. Such…
How to grapple with fascism? How to survive a country that doesn’t want us to withstand it? There ’s not a way to self-care out of an exhausting and dark future, there’s no physical action that can totally protect us. Face masks can help pass the time and “purify” your pores but you still have…
I wore men’s clothes for a month – and it changed my life Motivated by Octieber and determined to combat the world of gendered clothing, Lucy Rycroft-Smith tries menswear for a month and documents her findings Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 7 January 2017 It’s 9am and I’m having breakfast at the House of Commons. I’m wearing a…
Serfs carrying J.Law’s Golden Globes gown to the fashion closet or a historical reenactment of the battle of Hastings on its 950th anniversary? YOU DECIDE. Image via Getty My glory days of shopping at Charlotte Rousse and Wet Seal in 2002 are finally justified: in its natural state of fashion arbitration, Vogue has declared that…
Around the late 2000s a movement began, rooted in a renaissance of black pride and fostered by chat rooms, film, YouTube, and eventually social media. This movement encouraged women of color to transition from processed to natural hair. It was about embracing the texture and curl of what organically grew out of one’s scalp. It…