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Can Banana Be Chic? Abel Fragrance Thinks So.
Abel founder Frances Shoemack talks natural perfumery, pop art, and why consumers are increasingly drawn to fragrances with personality.
Savannah Bradley
May 25
The L.A. Writer at Home
Five Los Angeles writers — Lore V. Olivera, Shy Watson, Brittany Menjivar, Belinda Cai, and Maryze — and the bedrooms that have shaped them.
Becca Hochman
Apr 27
Bringing Sexy Back
As intimacy declines and images dominate, a new wave of beauty brands are reclaiming the most sensorial experience of all — sex.
Zhenya Tsenzharyk
Apr 19
Vesper Obscura Makes Jewelry to Last
Who wouldn’t want a Victorian-era edge to their look?
Ana Beatriz Reitz
Mar 3
Unpacking the Controversial Vivienne Westwood x Nana Collab
The collaboration, over 25 years in the making, proves that nostalgia itself isn’t the problem — it’s how we choose to handle it.
Amara Johnson
Jan 28
Isabelle Larignon Smells (and Hears) Every Note
The eccentric French indie perfumer talks her beginnings in opera, her cult-favorite scent Milky Dragon, and what happens when fragrances hold distant melodies.
Beatriz Zimmermann
Nov 12, 2025
How Costumer Vera West Took on Hollywood’s Monsters
West, behind the looks for Dracula and The Bride of Frankenstein, birthed a new idiom in fashion horror — but was largely forgotten by history.
Macy Berendsen
Oct 31, 2025
NYFW Loosens the Corset — and the Politics of Fashion
During SS26, New York designers crafted a free-flowing woman in a time of intense political restraint.
Kaitlyn Rutledge
Oct 19, 2025
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