“If all of your favourite characters, all the ones you identify with and find comfort in, are men…you should probably question your gender,” was a sentiment I heard over and over again on TikTok. It was May 2021, I had just moved to Brooklyn and the algorithm was making it […]
It isn’t often that one brand creates such a buzz in the Refinery29 office that the work G-Chat channel pops off. But when Youswim announced that it was expanding the size range of its seamless stretch swimsuits and bikinis, I was inundated with requests to try the line out. For […]
The sun’s planetary ingress into Leo marks the midsummer journey into our desires. From July 22 to August 23, Leo season is here to roar out our passions and to boldly embrace our creative visions. Now that we are moving towards the heart of the summer, the fiery month ahead pushes […]
You don’t need to watch more than the first few minutes of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie to realise the impact of fashion in the film. As soon as Barbie (played by Margot Robbie) steps onscreen — dressed as Mattel’s first-ever adult doll in a black-and-white swimsuit, cat-eye sunglasses, and heeled […]
Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last penny. This week: “I’m a 32-year-old strategist working in the southeast. I relocated out of London with my […]
In the late 1990s, my mother received a phone call from a daytime talk show that wanted to do a segment on teenage girl fans. The theme? Obsession. My 13-year-old sister, who had recently won a magazine competition as Leonardo DiCaprio’s number one fan, was crushed to learn that my […]
Before there were as many plus-size clothing brands available to shop on e-shelves as there are in 2023, we fat babes had very few options when it came to our aesthetic self-expression. There is only so much one can do when relegated to the ill-fitting boot-cut jean and occasionally rhinestoned […]
If you’ve been watching the past couple seasons of Love Island, you might have noticed a slight difference in the islanders’ wardrobes. In response to public backlash against fast fashion, the reality show — long synonymous with I Saw It First dresses and spray-on jeans — has coupled up with […]
I grew up in Thousand Oaks, California. The palm trees were tall, Malibu was a 40-minute drive down Route 101 and the population was less than 2% Black. Meanwhile I was 100% Black. I stifled my Blackness with keratin treatments that straightened my afro, frilly clothing that cloaked my athletic […]
Spoilers ahead. Barbie is the feminist movie you’ve been waiting for. And I don’t mean that in a girl power, ultimate girlboss kind of way — even though it is a little bit of both of those. It’s not perfect, but (as we learn) neither is Barbie the doll. But, […]
