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Sports and fashion can’t resist collaborating — at the expense of consumer wallets | Wear Me This

Sports and fashion can’t resist collaborating — at the expense of consumer wallets | Wear Me This

By Sujena Soumyanath April 30, 2025
The draft is functionally a chance for NFL teams to add eligible players to their rosters, but it also allows athletes to broadcast their personal brand.
Superfine or Superficial? | Geek Chic

Superfine or Superficial? | Geek Chic

By Anjola Odukoya April 29, 2025

On the first Monday of every May, millions of citizens who are otherwise unconcerned with fashion become the biggest couch critics, dissecting Met Gala looks with the same scrutiny as seasoned pros.  This...

Liza Berdykulova | Graphic Artist

Lanvin’s ‘À LA MAISON’: Celebrating Jeanne Lanvin’s timeless elegance

By Rachel Yu January 30, 2025
The looks, details and overall atmosphere of this collection portrayed Lanvin’s return to its original, iconic roots. Ultimately, the collection honored the fundamental mark Jeanne Lanvin left on the House. Especially as it was Copping’s first season with Lanvin, many can say he certainly fulfilled the House’s values and stylistic foundations through his designs, leaving the fashion world eagerly awaiting his future collections. 
Analise Bruno | Senior Graphic Artist

Couture and controversy: Don’t put Karl Lagerfeld on a pedestal | Tough Love

By Analise Bruno May 2, 2023
Perhaps Wintour chose Lagerfeld to be the man of the evening because of his ties to a big-name brand like Chanel — but I wonder, shouldn’t morals come above prestidge? Do we really want to conflate Lagerfeld’s controversial legacy with that of the renowned Met?
Eden Mor | Graphic Artist

A Met Gala recap from someone who knows absolutely nothing about fashion

By Eden Mor May 2, 2023
The annual fundraising gala for New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Every first Monday of May, Hollywood’s elite flock to NYC, reminding us once again how out-of-touch with reality celebrities are.
Jun Li / DFP Staff

Don’t be a Hypocrite: This Met Gala is proof fashion no longer needs a night

By Viktoria Popovska September 21, 2021
Despite the amount of money spent by celebrities, the outfits this year were not entertaining enough to warrant caring about the elitist event.
Sophia Flissler / DFP Staff

Wear Me This: Performative or not, the Met Gala’s fashion activism isn’t something to dismiss

By Sujena Soumyanath September 19, 2021
Performative or not, activism’s entrance into the mainstream means the people on top have no choice but to pay attention
HAGERTY: How to be fabulous

HAGERTY: How to be fabulous

By Grace Hagerty September 14, 2017

Fabulous is my favorite word. It’s defined by Merriam Webster’s dictionary as “resembling or suggesting a fable: of an incredible, astonishing, or exaggerated nature.” In my opinion, the month...

BURSTEIN: Marc Jacobs' cultural appropriation is not art

BURSTEIN: Marc Jacobs’ cultural appropriation is not art

By Sarah Burstein September 22, 2016

New York Fashion Week, perhaps one of the most notable biannual events, just concluded this past week and will not return until next season. Fashion Week always manages to produce wild runway shows, A-list...

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