A Brief Mardi Gras Fashion History Primer

This year’s Mardi Gras – also known as Carnival in some countries – falls on February 16, 2021. Due to Covid-19, however, the celebrations are going to look drastically different – that is, if they happen at all. We still thought that it would be interesting to take a look at the history of…

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Paris Haute Couture Week (Spring/Summer 2021): A Preview

Paris Haute Couture Week’s Spring/Summer 2021 presentations started today (1/25), and will last through Thursday (1/28). As is to be expected during the Covid-19 era, no shows are allowed to have guests. This means that the vast majority of shows that have elected to remain on the Haute Couture schedule will be shown via…

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Presidents Are Rewarded For Safe Fashion Choices. Why?

In honor of the United States presidential inauguration that occurred a couple of days ago (January 20th), we decided to take a look at presidential fashion over the years – and it brought up plenty of questions as we got deeper into our research. But first, here are our findings on the sartorial choices…

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The Triumphant Rise Of Fashion Films In The Industry

Video c/o SHOWstudio Fashion films have recently gone from being a nice-to-have for fashion designers and brands to being a must during the pandemic era. However, these short videos didn’t crop up overnight. In fact, they have been used with regularity since the year 2000 – the inception of fashion photographer and filmmaker Nick…

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What Is Manic Metallic?

According to our publication’s About page, Manic Metallic is: “a fashion publication that aims, first and foremost, to critique fashion as an art and respect it as a discipline. We take fashion seriously, yet we allow for fun to be had within that seriousness. We want to bring the emphasis back to the fashion…

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Où Sont Les Femmes: The Historic Lionesses

Our 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…

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Où Sont Les Femmes?

Where Are The Women? In an earlier article, we’d referred to the fact that fashion designers receiving great amounts of attention and accolades in the industry are overwhelmingly male – despite this being an industry whose customer base is predominantly female. We’d like to build on that assertion using fashion photography as an example.…

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Can We Please Stop Saying That New York City Is Dead?

Surely, you’ve seen the articles. The ones that proclaim that New York is dead forever, like this unfortunate piece by author and entrepreneur James Altucher. The question has seeped into every news source, every social media platform – and many conversations that we have with our friends and close associates. And we know why…

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