God bless corduroy. The quintessentially autumnal fabric has shaken off its stuffy associations of geography teachers in ill-fitting blazers to become our favourite harbinger of the cosy season. Thanks to a slew of designers from Prada to Isabel Marant, corduroy in its many forms has been most welcome every autumn […]
Welcome to Taking Stock, a space where we can take a deep breath and try to figure out what the COVID-19 economy really means for our finances. Every month, personal finance expert Paco de Leon will answer your most difficult, emotionally-charged questions about money. This year has forced many of […]
Human connection and feeling seen are vital to our sense of self and wellbeing. In a three-part series of virtual heart-to-hearts, as part of Refinery29’s Self-Service partnership with Dove, we’ve connected like-minded women to discuss beauty, body image, identity, visibility and activism in relation to self-esteem, to show the deep […]
Typically, the front rows at Paris Fashion Week would provide as much fashion inspiration as the runways. Any other year, Christian Dior, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and more, would be packed with the likes of Rachel Brosnahan, Margot Robbie, Janelle Monae, Lupita Nyong’o, and Emma Chamberlain in the brand’s most standout […]
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 08: Bebe Rexha attends e1972 during New York Fashion Week on February 08, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images) Since coming onto the scene, we’ve hardly seen Bebe Rexha without her signature platinum-blonde hair. The singer briefly dabbled in baby […]
As Americans watched the highly anticipated first vice presidential debate on Wednesday, many health experts raised their eyebrows at the plexiglass barriers that was used to protect the vice presidential nominees from one another. That is how they were separating Senator Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence (who we […]
Kerry Washington usually has a glam squad to thank for her countless stunning red carpet events or television appearances. But lately, she’s proven that she’s got the makeup skills to pull off equally glamorous looks at home. This week, the Little Fires Everywhere actress and producer greeted a group of […]
In the 20 years since Gilmore Girls first premiered, a fierce debate has dominated much of the show’s discourse — one that, ironically, has little to do with Rory (Alexis Bledel) or Lorelai (Lauren Graham) Gilmore, the mother-daughter team at the centre of the series. Which of Rory’s three main […]
Layers may conjure images of feathery mullets and your mum’s ’80s curly perm but in 2020 they’ve undergone something of a transformation. No longer the type of haircut your hairdresser might push for to “take away some bulk”, layers are a trend in their own right, becoming one of the […]
View this post on Instagram A post shared by rachel 🗝 (@caffeaulait) on Aug 5, 2020 at 10:08am PDT When lockdown was announced in March, students left their classrooms, not knowing when they would come back. While many have now returned to school, the future of formal education remains unknown. […]
