Month: July 2021

The 17 Best Things Fashionista Editors Bought in June

At long last, summer is in full swing. In New York City, the streets are alive with the sound of music and the thrills of vaccinated freedom. We, at Fashionista, have translated this optimistic energy into our virtual carts by purchasing pretty and functional accessories that elevate everyday … Continue […]

Black Fashion Fair x Theophilio Host ‘Family Reunion’

Black Fashion Fair x Theophilio Host ‘Family Reunion’

On June 19 in Brooklyn, Black Fashion Fair founder Antoine Gregory and Theophilio designer Edvin Thompson, the 2021 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund recipient, teamed to throw “Family Reunion,” a party in observation of Juneteenth. “Family Reunion is an exploration of the Black experience through photos. With the Family Reunion capsule with […]

Gab Waller Secures the Bag

Gab Waller Secures the Bag

The tricky aspect of exclusive, hard-to-get items is that they’re exclusive and hard to get, which is exactly how Gab Waller has carved out a corner of Instagram for herself to become the app’s luxury sourcing maestro to the stars. The Australia native was spending time in Los Angeles and […]

Bike Shorts Are Used To Police Young People’s Bodies — A Former Athlete Explains Why

Bike Shorts Are Used To Police Young People’s Bodies — A Former Athlete Explains Why

LOS ANGELES, CA – AUGUST 14: Lucy Hale is seen on August 14, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by BG015/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) I spent the majority of my childhood in bike shorts. As a former volleyball player and cheerleader, they were essential to my lifestyle from the time I was […]

7 Stress-Free Smart-Casual Outfits For Rushed Mornings

7 Stress-Free Smart-Casual Outfits For Rushed Mornings

As we look ahead to lockdown restrictions lifting and getting back into our ‘normal’ routines, we’re bound to have questions. Among them: how the hell did we ever get out the door in the morning wearing actual clothes?  Whether our AM hours consist of getting to the office, attending uni […]

Zola Wades Deep Into The Mess & Manipulation Of An Interracial Friendship

Zola Wades Deep Into The Mess & Manipulation Of An Interracial Friendship

“Y’all wanna hear a story about how me and this bitch here fell out? It’s kind of long but full of suspense.” The now-famous opening refrain from A’Ziah-Monae King’s Internet-breaking, viral, addictive Twitter thread isn’t just a snappy story starter that makes you lean into your phone and think More, […]

The Music Industry Has Failed Black Women Survivors

The Music Industry Has Failed Black Women Survivors

Processed with VSCO with e6 preset *Editor’s note: This piece contains incidents of rape and sexual assault. Please read with care. My lifelong experience in the music and entertainment industries has been one of betrayal and abuse.  It began just weeks before my fifteenth birthday in 1975. I loved Minnie […]

Everything Is Embarrassing: On The Visceral Specificity of Kate Zambreno’s Writing

Everything Is Embarrassing: On The Visceral Specificity of Kate Zambreno’s Writing

Recently, when I opened my copy of Kate Zambreno’s 2012 book of criticism Heroines, a feminist rewriting of modernist literary history, I found in its pages a list of symptoms that I had written down in the same kind of black felt-tip pen I still use. I immediately recognised most […]