This week’s Fashion on Fifth is all about the accessories we wear to stay warm during the winter. In the midst of recent snowfall, accessories are not only necessities, they also transform functional clothes into fashionable outfits. While some go to class with minimal layers, other students opt for wool trench coats, scarves, and mohair hats. From students shuffling out of bed to those with hour-long commutes to class, New Schoolers are finding ways to keep warm from the first snowy winter in over a year.
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Fashion on Fifth: You’re either in or you’re out
This week’s Fashion on Fifth is an ode to icon Heidi Klum, because as she says hundreds of times over 16 seasons of hosting “Project Runway”: “In fashion, one day you’re in and the next day you’re out.” As the new year came and went, resolutions got repackaged by Gen Z to be “ins and outs” posted in the form of TikToks, Instagram stories, tweets, and some kept secret in personal Notes App lists. Personally, I didn’t want to state publicly that bras and boyfriends are so out! I guess it’s too late now.
Collina Strada calls for bulked-up femininity at New York Fashion Week
At New York Fashion Week, Collina Strada’s fall-winter 2024 collection was all about the gym bro. Except add fashion and subtract the bro. “Welcome to Collina’s Gym, where…
‘A murderer’s row list of women’: Ryan Murphy discusses inspiration behind ‘Feud: Capote vs. the Swans’
When asked to describe the process behind creating the second season of “Feud,” Ryan Murphy proudly declared to the Tishman Auditorium audience, “We just made a murderer’s row…
Fashion on Fifth: Fur…friend or faux?
This week on Fashion on Fifth, I want to know the dirty details about your fur. Is it real or is it fake? Is it new or did you dig it out of your grandma’s attic over Christmas break? Fur has been a hot topic in my newsfeed in recent weeks. Not because of the hot debate of whether or not faux fur is better and more environmentally friendly than the real deal but because of TikTok’s recent obsession with the so-called “mob wife aesthetic.”
Parsons alumni are creating their own community in the fashion industry
Parsons School of Design is notorious for its fashion design program, which is focused on “access, inclusion, sustainability, and equity,” according to the Fashion Design BFA program page.…