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February 2025

Floaty, Folkloric, and Freaky
Looking forward to the impending spring with socks-as-balloons, a welcome alternative to Prayyying, the best T-shirt of all time, and more.
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Trip Down Memory Lane
Clothing as joke, as camouflage, as poem, as blog post...
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How to Style a Fashion Show: JRat's "HOMESICK, AGAIN"
Everything from souvenir keychains to cow-print clogs to spools of thread in mohawks.
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My Style Heroes: Aline Bessa
A mind-altering introduction to Brazilian fashion via the closet of one of the sharpest curators I know.
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All I Want to Wear is a Hardy Matching Set
What it says on the tin, plus Matty Matheson.
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Florals? For winter?
A bouquet of inspiration via the brands that rule the *groundbreaking* garden.
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January 2025

The Best Clothes Are in Los Angeles
Twenty LA-based brands you should love.
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Real Eyes Realize: Accessorize
Hair sculptures, defensive gloves, tabis that don't make me feel angry, the (comfy!) shoe brand that's about to be everywhere, and my most talented…
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How to Dress Like a Wong Kar-wai Character, V3
You may forget my face, but you won't forget my Junya Watanabe x Comme Des Garçons SS02 Poem Shirt.
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I Am Uncomfortable
Soothe me, clothing!
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I Hate a White Wedding Dress
Unless I can laugh at it.
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How to Dress When You're the Problem
If you're gonna ruin everyone's night, you'd better be dressed like Petra von Kant.
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December 2024

Gloom Sans Doom
Colorful, energetic pieces from Portland, Oregon artisans and beyond to pull you out of the pits on the grayest days of the season.
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The Deep End of Niche Fragrance
A no-B.S. curation of the best discovery sets to take a chance on, from Pearfat to Jorum to Maya Njie. Just jump in—the water's warm (and smells…
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The New Year's Charms
In 2025 you will finally have to decide: are you more of a Jesus-as-carpenter type, a mossy underbelly of a stone type, or a bug-like bow type?
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What I'm Wearing Now
Feat. Andre 3000, Wong Kar-wai, and Invisalign.
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There Are Layers to This
The line between genius and madness may be as thin as the fabric of a "Scottish saree."
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How to Dress Like a Wicked Character
Weepy, fungal spirals, buttoned-up, horny froth, and more essential considerations.
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November 2024

I Wish I May vs. I Wish I Might
The difference between a shopping cart that makes it to checkout and one that exists forever in the multi-tab void.
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Prippie Drip
Ten outfits for conscientious objectors, formal dressers in Beanworld, Whole Earthers, and forward-thinkers.
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Pointlessly Prophetic Portmanteau: Prippie
Boho is over (if you want it).
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My Style Heroes: Viv Chen
Exploring color genius, the gravitas of the jester cap, royal pages caught in snowstorms, and tender dismembered hands.
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