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On a Saturday evening in late May on Delancey Street, the rain broke just long enough for a smoke break. A group had formed outside Big Ash, a vintage clothing store where a Juicy Couture zip-up sweatshirt from the mid-2000s…
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When Pacsun, the brand known for selling skate and surf wear at malls, announced last year that it would release a clothing collection in partnership with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, some reactions could be summed up as: Why? The…
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A few years ago, Sara Zeljkovic, a 25-year-old living in Toronto, started working to build her social media presence on TikTok and Instagram, assuming that having more followers was better. Ms. Zeljkovic, freshly single after the end of an eight-year…
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Christina Murray printed all 53 pages of the document and wrote down her information. There was space to fill in the make and model of her car; her exes and their last known addresses and phone numbers; and any debts…
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Well, hello there, Linda, Christy, Naomi and Cindy, the O.G. supermodels; women for whom the term was created; creatures who became so famous that they didn’t even need last names, like Aretha or Marilyn. Back, once again, on the cover…
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Sandy Liang has long been attached to bows. As a child she doodled them incessantly. Now she embeds them incessantly into her line of clothing and accessories: on headbands and pockets, on earrings and necklines, on the sides of socks…
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Ashley Warren had been in Albania for work for about a week when she realized it: She was really, really thirsty — and nobody else around her seemed to be. Like many Americans, Ms. Warren carried a water bottle around…
Read MoreHow to Find Wedding Vendors That Celebrate Inclusion
Jove Meyer didn’t think he would become an activist when he started his career as a wedding planner 15 years ago. But in 2012, while he was at a church in New York for a wedding he had planned, the…
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