There are times when I might need something more than black or white to express a mood or make a point. When that happens my go-to colors are pops of red and/or blue. The darker the blue the better. Midnight blue offers a subtle shift away from black and...

This week all the news in fashion is about fashion shows. Big shake-ups have been announced by Burberry, Tom Ford, Paul Smith and Vetements. These brands have decided to show their clothing twice a year and aim to be ready to sell immediately after. Vetements will be...

“I break the idea of clothes...Nothing new can come from a situation that involves being free or that doesn’t involve suffering”” — Rei Kawakubo Conceptual Fashion uses the body as a site for communication. Postmodern philosophers like Foucault...

It is no secret that I am a fan of conceptual designers. Recently I have showcased Comme des Garçons, Junya Watanabe, Issey Miyake and Aganovitch to name a few. As the 2016 Couture shows passed by in the usual flurry of images my eye was caught by the shapes of the...

Fashion and Commerce The Underground Appeal of Radically Slow Fashion Haute Couture’s Melancholia How Ray-ban Brought Its Brand Back From the Brink Fashion and Inclusion Step Inside a Tailor for Non-Gender Conforming People Fashion Designers Margiela’s Couture...

There is something so compelling about a gash of red lipstick against the palest of white. Somehow the red lips against the white of the coat and snow reminds me of the face of a geisha. When the background is white everything else stands in sharp detail and becomes...

As some of you might know I have been coordinating and planning a Sustainable Fashion Show and Panel at my university. It is the culmination of a series of events that have created a collision of my two work worlds: Accidental Icon and Professor. Many people seem to...

In these photos in the midst of color, hype and noise, every detail of what I chose to wear seems to come into relief. The red on my shirt, the buttons on the jumpsuit, the drape of the wide leg, the  zipper details on my jacket and the unadorned circle of my earring...

For some reason the contours of life lately have been dreamy and blurry. I am not sure if it is because the days and weeks are just rushing by or if it is because I am walking around in a kind of dream-like state. Whatever it is, it beats the sharp, tingling edges of...

I recently did an interview for a Japanese website for working women. The interviewer asked me if I had any advice for women who were nervous to take risks in their workplace with fashion. It was a good question and caused me to think about how I do in fact get away...

One of the greatest pleasures I have derived from blogging is the way that it has served as a vehicle to meet new and emerging designers. Designers that construct the kind of clothes I love that are timeless yet modern and transcend trends. The use of quality fabrics,...

By the end of 2015 I was reminded of being in labor. Events kept happening so fast I almost did not have time to breathe through them before the next one came. The weight and baggage of these both wonderful and challenging adventures threatened to do me in.. My house...

Accidental Icon Wears Leather and Wool Coat: CDG, Jeans: Frame Denim, Sneakers: CDG Converse Play, Red Satchel: Art Bag, Vintage Red Earrings: Dawn's Vintage, Lipstick: Marc Jacobs "Dashing" For more something red check out my Pinterest board, "Something...