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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“Anna: The Biography”, the newest work by fashion and culture journalist Amy Odell that has taken bestseller lists everywhere by storm, was not contributed to on a first-hand basis by Anna Wintour herself. Anna did, however, provide Odell with a list of contacts with whom she could connect and interview. How nice of her.…
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“In America: An Anthology Of Fashion” – currently on display in the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York – is the museum’s second installment of a two-part series meant to shine a spotlight on American fashion and all that it stands for. But did it succeed? It depends on…
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It is not typical for me to do writings that reflect specifically from a personal standpoint on issues. That is the domain of blogs, which is not my forte. However, my thoughts are that these musings could help someone else in fashion potentially going through a similar time as myself. I took time away…
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We live in an overwhelming world, to say the least. This is especially true when one takes even a slight glance at the Internet for any purpose. Consider what happens on a given day when we wake up out of bed: we shower, eat, and head to work either in the next town or…
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For Manic Metallic’s recent attendance at the New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2022 collections, we wanted to take care to cover design talent that isn’t already cloaked inside of an aura of hype. We made an effort to see a few selected shows where the design talent was clearly visible – and where the…
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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, 1953, and grew up…
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With so much controversy surrounding Meta (let’s call them Meta-Facebook) these days, it begs the question: how much longer can Instagram hold on as the leading social media voice for the fashion industry? Instagram entered the public lexicon as an iPhone-only app in October 2010, and it was received well by users. So well,…
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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 fashion industry. We’re going to talk…
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The second installment of our “What Was….?” series is the former Philadelphia retail giant Wanamaker’s. Wanamaker’s was opened in April 1876 by Philadelphia businessman John Wanamaker as an American response to European markets like France’s Les Halles and England’s Royal Exchange. The building chosen was a former Pennsylvania Railroad depot located at the intersection…
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