Two summers ago, I sat in the basement of my house writing “East Coast Demerara” in Sharpie on barrels waiting to be shipped. I’d only been to my parents’ birthplace twice (once as an infant and again as a teenager), but despite the physical distance from Guyana, my Guyanese ancestry […]
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Over the past year, our lives have become increasingly digitalised in ways that were once hard to imagine. In-person meetings have been replaced by Zoom calls, we shop nearly exclusively online, and even learning has become virtual. It comes as little surprise then that digital fashion — which includes everything […]
It’s 4am and I’ve spent the last hour moving from a foetal position on the bathroom floor to hugging the toilet bowl while being violently sick. You think I’ve overdone it on a night out… nope. When it comes to my period this is par for the course. Over the […]
Gemma Taylor had never heard of adenomyosis before she was diagnosed just last week, after a year of painful unexplained symptoms that her GP had put down to IBS. And she’s not the only one. Adenomyosis is the even less well-known sister condition of endometriosis – but while endometriosis is […]
With vaccines becoming more accessible, the possibility of having an in-person wedding is back on the table. In turn, fashion designer Prabal Gurung is delving into bridal for the first time. On Wednesday, the New York-based designer announced the arrival of the wedding collection, aptly titled “A Love Letter.” The […]
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 08: Ashley Graham walks along 46th Street during the Michael Kors Fashion Show in Times Square on April 08, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by James Devaney/GC Images) If you have missed Broadway, you’re not alone. On Tuesday, New York fashion mainstay Michael […]
While technology has been a blessing this pandemic year — giving us the ability to interact via Zoom and keep each other safe — it’s also had prominent negative impacts. Our over-consumption of social media has created a dangerous comparison culture where young people are judging themselves against filtered, unrealistic […]
I stood in front of the Downtown LA concert venue, the pre-date jitters vibrating beneath my skin. Should I go inside to order a drink and start the process of proper social lubrication? Or would it be better to stay outside and wait for my dates to arrive? Yes — […]
LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 06: Hermineh Victoryan, left, receives a Johnson & Johnson inoculation at a vaccination site in Lincoln Park on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. Four million vaccines have been handed out to underserved communities and over 81,000 at this particular site to date. […]
