Photographed by Adrian Mesko for Refinery29 Mother’s Day Essay The Bliss of Grandmother Hormones Fashion and Art Delineation of the Manus v Machina Show Fashion and Architecture Valentino’s New Store: The Interaction of Architecture and Fashion Fashion Design The...

When I return to the 'burbs somehow I alway find myself wearing a kind of uniform that marks me as a citizen of the city. I usually choose black, something a little avant garde and something that will make me stand out. On this day I was attending an event taking...

The month of May has begun and because of my particular configuration of ethnicity, religious background, family structure and time of life, it is the month that usually brings a deluge of family events. Given the size of my family on any given weekend in May there...

It is always a question when dressing about just how much of a suggestion you might want to make. I love the lightness of sheers especially after a winter of wearing clothing and coats that are heavy. After a long enough time they begin to create a kind of heaviness...

Today begins the last week of the semester. That means papers to grade and goodbyes to be said to my students who are graduating. The professional landscape they are entering is fluid and changing because of technology and the disintegrating boundaries of how one...

Super comfort on an ordinary day means stealing your partners oversized shirt with long cuffs that require cuff links and letting them fall over your wrists and hands. It means you get to tuck one end inside your pants in a sloppy way. Essential  to the look is the...

I think it is fair to say that it has become a rare gift when I have a day where I don’t have to do something. A day when I do only what I want to.  I have come to appreciate the comfort of an ordinary day. The wonderful feeling of opening my calendar and finding it...

“Wind doesn’t have any shape. It comes from nothing - it’s similar to fashion,” — Issey Miyake So how do you decide what to wear when you know you are going to be on a windy rooftop having the delicious pleasure of running across antique rugs in your bare feet? Well...

In recent posts I write about the delicious pastime of re(imagining). When I embark in this activity it often means going to places that stimulate my imagination, captivate all of my senses and in the words of my affective barometer: takes my breath away. Some of my...

Photo by Jenny McClary Since I have been talking so much about re(imagining) lately, this week rather than the usual fashion bibliography, I would like to introduce you to a new blog published by the Corcoran Group: INHABIT.  I'll link you to some of the features that...

First let me say sorry for the late post, the week got away from me. Better late than ever, I reassure myself. So as promised more details about sample sales. I have learned that apparently it is rather hard to find a "true" sample sale. That is a sample...

One of the things I most enjoy about writing this blog is how it helps me make connections between my academic life as a social scientist and as a person with an interest in fashion. I love to find the common elements between the two and there are many. Two words that...

The jacket I am wearing is a modern take by the designer Phillip Lim, on what is known as a “souvenir” jacket or Sukajan in modern Japanese. The name was coined in post-war Japan when the occupying forces took pieces of clothing to Japanese tailors to get traditional...