At Manic Metallic, we have always stood on the side of reading, books, and literacy in general. As we wrote in a previous article, nothing can tell a story and get deep into a topic quite like a book can. Founder Liberty Imhoff also discussed the state of reading and writing in the fashion…
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A look from designer Natalia Quinones's Drexel collection titled "Adornezza"; © 2023 Manic Metallic First, a soft-pink strapless minidress with a front constructed to resemble a bow. Then a cream-colored wide-sleeved blazer paired with soft-pink pants. The last look was a cream-colored silk slip dress with what appeared to be makeshift sleeves. A transparent…
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COTERIE New York, February 21, 2023; © 2023 Manic Metallic We took our first turn at the MAGIC/COTERIE New York fashion trade shows - which were held jointly at the Javits Convention Center in New York from February 21-23, 2023 - and we did not walk away disappointed. We want to show our audience…
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Recently on Episode 034 The Manic Metallic Podcast, our host (and Manic Metallic founder) Liberty Imhoff discussed why reading and writing both still matter in the fashion industry. (If you'd like to listen to this episode in full, you can either listen to it on the "Podcast" page of our website or hear it…
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In Episode 035 of The Manic Metallic Podcast, we discussed something that needed to be said about sustainability in fashion: we already know what we need to do in order to be as sustainable and environmentally friendly as possible, but we're not doing it. Why? Why do we keep chasing our tail on becoming…
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Kanye West performing on his Saint Pablo Tour, September 9th, 2016; photo c/o Kenny Sun Kanye “Ye” West’s “White Lives Matter” t-shirt at his Yeezy SZN9 show during Paris Fashion Week was wrong and has been labeled as such at length over the past few days by many in the media. We don’t need…
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The start of New York Fashion Week is upon us this week, which feels like a good time (albeit a bit late) to give designers a very important - but simple piece of advice: you don't have to produce or present a fashion collection every season if you’re not inspired to do one. It…
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Cottagecore fashion Just one scroll through social media these days and you’ll see fashion styles like ‘Barbiecore’ or ‘kidcore’ or that one that we all know and love: ‘cottagecore’. But how did we get to a place where every new fashion aesthetic is melted down into some derivative of ‘-core’? How did we become…
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Much has been made about Gucci Garden since its opening in 2011 in Florence. Formerly known as the Gucci Museum, it was re-christened under its new name in 2018 by the Alessandro Michele-led Gucci. The Gucci Garden complex contains a host of exhibition spaces (the centerpiece of the museum), a boutique where one can…
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With the proliferation of fashion bloggers in the late-2000s and, more recently, the proliferation of social media influencers, one could be forgiven for wondering what the continued use of the fashion journalist is. But that would be a short-sighted way to view fashion journalism - and it would betray a poor understanding of what…
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