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  I really struggled with coming up with a topic for this month’s post. I was so focused on finding a ‘summer’ piece, but struggled to find much substance in a lot of the topics I initially tried to write about.  This post was inspired by a repost of my mutuals ‘talklacemagazine’ (instagram) and ‘cutipiekitties’ (TikTok) of a video by ‘e.cxhi’ on TikTok about how wearing Vivienne Westwood is innately anti-government. Since writing my piece on ‘Politics in Polyester’, I’ve been involved in more conversations about politics in the fashion industry and so thought it’d be interesting to take the same topic in a slightly different route.  I’m sure we’ve all seen behind the scenes filming of The Devil Wears Prada 2,    and in this conversation I can’t help but think of that scene in the original where Miranda’s team are choosing between two ‘identical’ belts according to Andy. Miranda then proceeds to critique Andy on her ‘choice’ of sweater that arguably wasn’t her o...

How have we become so focused on personal style but can’t seem to appreciate authenticity? I thought I’d turn my screen time into something more productive with this blog, and discuss one conversation I’ve seen across social media these past few weeks: how Asian culture has once again been rebranded in the West, this time in clothing. This blog will focus predominantly on examples from Southern to Eastern Asia.   I was recently looking for a dress for a formal event, and came across loads with a matching scarf or shawl, draped in various ways across the model’s décolletage. After having seen Lady Diana’s 1987 Blue dress at Cannes film festival, I had always loved the style.  So after further research, my algorithm had identified my interest in it and pushed more options to me, including discussions surrounding it. I hadn’t realised this was a ‘trend of the summer’ so was amidst heated discussions online.  The trending scarf, or as some had inaccurately labelled it ‘Scandi...

Having grown up with the influence of nineties and noughties rom-coms, many of us likely wanted to be a working girl in fashion journalism or marketing. From the likes of Andie Anderson, to Andy Sachs and Jenna Rink, we all adored the idea of frantically running errands through the streets of NYC in high-end couture. As a concept, it still doesn’t sound too bad, so why then has it lost its allure? The fashion girl in the past wore effortlessly cute and cool work outfits, but never the same thing. She was good at her job, had a great social life and still worked for and wanted more. This still fits the general aspirations of the modern day working girl, but no longer within the same realms.  Although this is largely due to the shift in the presentation of working women in the media nowadays, working a ‘silly fashion job’ being a dated stereotype. There is arguably another reason as to why the interest in this job has crumbled: the death of the fashion magazine. We see online media m...

 Why the mini skirt falls shorter than its hemline In a technologically developing world, it’s become difficult to avoid the never-ending cyclone of trends. And with that, the terms and labels promoting them. The trad-wife, trophy-wife, sugar baby and so on. I think within this context, the most surprising to me would have to be the ‘stay at home girlfriend’. A term previously pegged to the wife, now introduced to younger women and girls as an aesthetic. With day in the life videos, glamourising the low difficulty lifestyle of looking after their boyfriend.  I think it’s safe to say we’re fast approaching a return to a conservative priority within our lives — with women at the epicentre. From having prided ourselves on the awareness we had begun to demonstrate towards advancing women’s freedoms, from flappers in the 20s, to fourth wave feminists. Have we now fallen short?  If we take our first example of flapper girls in the 20s, characterised by short hair, short skirts,...

Making a statement in fashion outside of accessories  In an effort to keep the conversation lasting longer than just a few weeks, I held back on discussing the recent fashion in politics following the inauguration of President Trump in January. Since, the discussion surrounding this event has inevitably moved on: others filling the void of our interest. Another recent example that we’ll also be looking at is the Super Bowl.   Starting with the inauguration, a monumental event that occurs every four years in America as the President for that term is sworn into office. Aside from it being the first conducted inside since Ronald Reagan’s in 1985, this inauguration presented itself as discussion-worthy for a variety of reasons: fashion being a key one. It’s not a new concept in politics to make a statement through clothing. As we see with the recent example of people dressing up as characters from the Handmaid’s Tale to vote in this last US Presidential election. Similarities were...