Recently, Manic Metallic posted a TikTok video stitch (you can follow us HERE) about Anna Sorokin (scam name: "Anna Delvey") returning yet again to the public eye - this time during the recently completed New York Fashion Week. Let's just say that I did it for science. I commented on the mediocrity of the…
Keep ReadingRecently, Manic Metallic posted a TikTok video stitch (you can follow us HERE) about Anna Sorokin (scam name: "Anna Delvey") returning yet again to the public eye - this time during the recently completed New York Fashion Week. Let's just say that I did it for science. I commented on the mediocrity of the…
Keep ReadingFashion journalist Teri Agins In today’s installment of our “Who Is….?” series, we’re going to have a look at the life and career of fashion journalist Teri Agins, someone for whom the industry has amassed a wealth of respect for her hard-hitting journalistic pieces over the years. Teri Agins was born on November 14,…
Keep ReadingEleanor Lambert; photo c/o Time Magazine For the next entry in our “Who Is….?” series, we’re going to take the opportunity to celebrate the institution of fashion week. Specifically, New York Fashion Week. We’re going to discuss the woman that made it all possible, and by all, we mean the infrastructure of the modern-day…
Keep ReadingSupermodel Gia Carangi; photo credit: Stan Malinowski Our next fashion figure in Manic Metallic’s Tuesday “Who Is….?” series is former supermodel Gia Carangi. Gia was born on January 29, 1960 in Philadelphia to restaurant owner Joseph Carangi and homemaker Kathleen Carangi. Though her parents’ relationship eventually turned violent, Gia’s home life remained intact until…
Keep ReadingElsa Klensch on CNN's Style with Elsa Klensch; c/o Pinterest The first installment of our “Who Is….?” series kicks off today with fashion journalist and television host Elsa Klensch. Elsa Klensch was born on February 21, 1933 in Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia to parents Hans Aeschbacher and Mary Margaret Aeschbacher. Having originally wanted…
Keep ReadingModel Soo Joo Park for W Korea, July 2015; c/o W Korea According to the United States Library of Congress, Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month - held every May - began as a week, commencing with a series of congressional resolutions during the 95th Congress (1977-78). President Jimmy Carter issued the first presidential…
Keep ReadingPhoto c/o Orenda Tribe At Manic Metallic, we see it as one of our duties to educate our audience about the contributions of different cultures to the realm of fashion. After all, fashion is universal; it is not the domain of the "Big 4" fashion capitals (as we've stated extensively in the past; see…
Keep ReadingOur first twelve female photographers for our series on accomplished women in the profession have each had a historic impact on fashion photography as a discipline and, in many cases, photography in general. In this article, we will preview our profile on each photographer while inviting you to check out the full profile on…
Keep ReadingStephen Burrows designs Following up with our previous article, we will be spotlighting African-American designers that have had an impact on the fashion industry. In this particular article, we're taking a look at 12 designers that really should have gotten their due long ago. To use a somewhat overused phrase, there's no time like…
Keep ReadingWe live in a very strange and unprecedented timeline. Serious income inequality, pandemics, the deterioration of our planet due to deliberate human error. What are we to do as a people? One thing we know is that these issues are so dire that it'd be unproductive to concentrate on them every second of our…
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