Fashion Faves

When I was a teenager in Richmond, Virginia, magazines were my window into other, more glamorous worlds. It was the time of the supermodels — Linda, Christy, Naomi — and I loved escaping into gorgeous images and imagining my fabulous future in New York. Ha! I ended up in California, and while I did become a magazine editor and then art director, my life is (happily) far from glamorous. However, I've recently found myself pulled toward fashion again and have discovered so many wonderful fashion-related things that are making my inner teenager very happy.

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Supreme Models is a 6-part Netflix series (based on a book of the same name) about the history of black models in the fashion industry. It's gorgeous, sad, infuriating, and inspirational.

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The podcast Blow-Up revisits bits of 90s fashion that I LOVED — the revitalization of Harper's Bazaar by Liz Tilberis. Magazine talk AND fashion — swoon.

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Advanced Style by Ari Seth Cohen is both a book and a documentary. I am so inspired by the creativity, vitality, and  general zest of these older women!

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I'm not sure how I discovered the Fashion People podcast, but I'm so glad I did! It's about the fashion business, and listening to it feels like reading fashion magazines used to when I was a teen — scouring mastheads, reading captions, etc — taking it every little detail of this industry that fascinated me.​

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One night when I couldn't sleep, I came across Celeste Barber series The Way We Wore on Netflix. I am aware of Celeste from her social media accounts, where she hilariously skewers the ridiculous beauty standards placed on women. This series travels through fashion's history in Australia, Celeste's home country. 

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Sacai is a Japanese fashion label designed by Chitose Abe. She started the label in 1999, but I only discovered it recently. It was the first time I saw a full line and thought "that all looks like me!" I love Sacai's artsy, architectural style and the overall vibe of basics with a twist. Maybe one day I'll be able to afford a few pieces!