Category: Fashion
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The Muse’s Role in Fashion | The Chic List
It transcends time. It makes a commitment to reality, while flirting with fantasy. It’s the pre-Raphaelite period of art, and it romanced me from first glance. You always remember falling in love—with a city, with its landscape, with its art. In the heart of my soul city, London England, lies the Tate Britain: Inside a…
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Dior x ERL & Fendace make fashion-forward mark in LA
The past week was an exercise in keeping up with the [Kim] Jones’–collaborations, that is. From Venice Beach to Beverly Hills the creative director of both Dior Men and Fendi took over the Los Angeles County fashion scene by style storm: A tale of two cities and brand identities: The Dior Men and ERL Resort…
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McQueen Meets LA: The First Exhibition of the British Designer on the West Coast
Tomes of Greek mythology, Grimm’s fairy tales, and British history spill into LACMA’s halls in a welcomed tornado of fabric. Designer Michael Smith’s headpieces of jewels or wooden horns crown mannequins –spin the tales that once occupied Alexander McQueen’s mind, and inspired his garmented genius. I’m talking about LACMA’s new exhibition, Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind,…
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Y2K Meets Spring/Summer 2022’s Trending Color: Yellow
Perhaps I wear yellow to hold sunshine. We can never touch the sun, yet in the summer we yearn to be sun kissed. To wear the hues of marigold, of mustard, or a daffodil, is to manifest summer. And once the dog days do roll around, I’ll be clothed in those shades. Pantone confirms that…
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How to avoid ruining your new Gucci Skirt
The cover had the words “Gucci” printed on it in a promise. It was fashioned in burlap, the cocoon of a butterfly with interlock-G’ canvas wings. The pattern was a particular branch of logomania: legacy imprint: I’m talking about my new Gucci skirt. At last, after two months of hanging the piece like a prized…
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Wear Princess Plaid like Diana Spencer | The Chic List
Wearing plaid is like having a comfort blanket draped over you. I wonder if that’s how Diana felt, sporting the pattern in different colors, in the form of a dress, a blazer, or a skirt suit. That was the thing about Diana: she knew how to make her look completely fresh while feeling like home,…
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How-To Dress Like a Chanel Girl | The Chic List
I’ve been dreaming of vintage Chanel lately. Perhaps it’s my subconscious soaking in all those vintage Chanel ads that I scroll through on Pinterest, the same way some would mindlessly their “for you” page on TikTok. Maybe it’s my vintage Chanel gold chain necklace sitting at my throat, whispering to me the lures of couture…
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Preppy Fashion is Back | The Chic List
There’s nothing like a downtown stroll in the crisp California winter air to clear one’s head and test out a new outfit. In my flair boyfriend jeans and Pepperdine University collegiate crewneck with a cream turtleneck peeking out from under, I walked down Downtown Turlock, the charming corner of where I grew up. A sign…
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Keeping it Christmas Casual
This Christmas, I’m keeping it casual! But that doesn’t mean I’m not going to keep it ‘Krischic!’ Last yuletide holiday, I was working. This year, I’m home in NorCal and on vacation! So, I’m trading in my reporter mic for a cup of my brother’s homemade Parisian hot chocolate, the steam warming my face while…
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If Carrie Bradshaw lived in Bakersfield, here is what she would do
As I walked down the ‘Streets of Bakersfield,’ I couldn’t help but wonder…could I actualize an ‘Empire State of Mind’ in the ‘Golden Empire?’ And just like that…I realized I could. Perhaps it was the ensemble I dawned inspired by Carrie Bradshaw herself (a fellow journalist and fashion aficionado). The Carrie-confidence, in every curl. It…
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