Art has been essential to the heart of what Manic Metallic is since its inception. We are a fashion media company that creates from the standpoint of fashion being an art, discipline, and societal force for change. Fashion that draws from the energy of art drives who we are and who we want to…
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Raise your hand if the storyline of Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion surprised you. No? Me neither. The documentary, directed by Eva Orner, traces the turbulent path of teen shopping sensation Brandy Melville and discusses the darkness underpinning the company’s treatment of, well, almost everyone in its sphere of influence. The…
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Who really holds power when it comes to creative professions? Is it the artists, with all of their trial-and-error over countless years to see what styles, media, and forms work best for the type of art they want to produce and the vision they wish to execute? Is it the persons or entities who…
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In line with our goal of putting forth solutions in a fashion industry that frequently engages in conversation that doesn’t move the needle, we’re releasing a list of brands that we’ve found to be on the affordable side of the sustainable fashion spectrum. Specifically, these brands provide affordable sustainable fashion under $100. We realize…
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Did you know that creating a green dye for clothing used to be virtually impossible centuries ago – and that at one point in history, there was a version of the color’s dye that was so toxic that it caused skin blistering, vomiting, and death? We’re referring to Paris green, to be exact. And…
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Manic Metallic has moved to a paid subscription model. For those of you who have been with us from the beginning, you probably remember the days when we were just starting out and getting our sea legs under ourselves. Our humble beginnings involved us writing about topics such as nepotism in the modeling industry,…
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About 150 people filled a room in New York on an otherwise uneventful Wednesday evening in Greenwich Village to hear an American podcast host and a Hungarian curator discuss the intersection of fashion and architecture. The crowd was keenly interested in the events of the evening and asked numerous thoughtful questions when the Q&A…
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You’ve no doubt seen all of the gift guides around, and you might even have all of your gifts selected for the holidays for your loved ones. But if you don’t – or if you still want to add on a few fashion-related things – we’ve got a list of suggested products! Most of…
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Couture is a fashion art form that is typically thought of as existing only inside of French borders; indeed, the French began to legally protect the practice of “haute couture” in 1945. Governed by the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture (which also gets to decide what companies qualify as “haute couture”), haute couture…
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One thing that has always driven Manic Metallic as a media company is our desire to take part in creating a better fashion industry. Our ethos is, after all, to promote fashion as an “art, discipline, and societal force for change”. Recently, we attended/participated in a couple of events that promote this ethos, and…
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