When I was seven, I took a trip with my family and friends to China. The trip could only be two weeks because my friend Lee, who was nine, had to get back to New York to train. Lee danced with her white sneakers on the uneven grey bricks that made up the Great Wall of …
The latest news sweeping the fashion media revolves around the general consensus that Gen Zs have cast down the proverbial gauntlet and decried a favorite item from millennial closets. Fitted pants with a slim ankle opening made of a stretchier material than conventional denim have long been a “dress it up or down” staple. Now, …
When you enter a secondhand shop, or perhaps, a Thrift 2 Fight sale, there is so much to look at! It can be so easy to get excited about colors, patterns, beadwork, or other details, only to later find that you’ve made a choice that might not last you as long as you would …
When you picture ethical and environmental fashion, what comes first to your mind? Do you envision one of the many boutique brands which justify exorbitant costs with promises about fair wages and ethical working conditions? Do you imagine a fierce environmentalist who wears only secondhand clothes and eschews all retail fashion? While these representations are …
