The first in-person annual Jefferson Fashion Design Show since 2019 was held yesterday at the 23rd Street Armory in Philadelphia. Select guests enjoyed a VIP reception beforehand, getting to chat with both fashion design students and those currently in the profession ahead of being seated to view the night’s proceedings. To kick off the…
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FashCon Philly 2025, presented by the Philadelphia Fashion Incubator, wrapped up its inaugural event on Friday at the Moore College of Art & Design. The significance of choosing to hold this event at Moore can’t be overstated to the Philadelphia creative community, with Moore being the last arts college left in the city after…
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Fashion industry folks have a pretty bad habit of thinking that being a fashion capital is a concept to which only four cities in the entire world – New York, London, Milan, and Paris – can lay claim. Surprise – it’s not true. We at Manic Metallic wrote a whole book on this a…
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Along with Paris Men’s Fashion Week coverage, the news coming out of the fashion industry from the past week centered around the uncertainty that the second Donald Trump term would bring to fashion. Fashion design brands were upfront about dressing those in Trump’s orbit. For its part, the fashion media took it upon itself…
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Whether or not you’re a fan of New Year’s resolutions, the first month of the year always offers a chance to turn over a new leaf in one’s life. And this year, a good resolution to have is to cancel Amazon Prime. Yes. It’s a task that is long overdue for several reasons. Why…
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s contempt for media was laid bare for all to see during his recent appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience. The entire interview between host Joe Rogan and Zuckerberg, which took place on January 10, was full of perceived grievance and a larger-than-life victim mindset. The government was after Meta. The…
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When we think of San Francisco, many of us think of radical protests, radical music, and radical acceptance of different cultures. But, the de Young Museum argues, San Francisco also has a radically good fashion history. In Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style, the Herzog & de Meuron-designed institution plays host to high…
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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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