No matter how many ‘relatable’ television shows there are, audiences will always be fascinated with society’s elite. Across the pond, this normally involves the tech bros of Silicon Valley or the media kings of New York. In Britain, however, this almost always means the royal family and their wealthy acquaintances. […]
2021 has been challenging, to say the least. The year kicked off in lockdown, still in a global pandemic with the vaccine rollout yet to begin. The news was hard to watch, too. Coronavirus wasn’t the only problem we faced: at the start of January pro-Trump protestors swarmed the Capitol […]
View this post on Instagram A post shared by viv (@vintage.by.viv) In 2021, after 2020’s banana bread and sourdough hysteria had died down, lockdown made everyone and their nan try their hand at redecorating. If you’re going to be stuck at home, might as well make it look good, am […]
There was once a time when we imagined two rounds of vaccination and a booster would ensure our return to Christmas party season. In preparation, designers brought back Y2K-era party dresses and Paris Hilton-approved metallic mesh pieces. As the new variants leads a surge in cases worldwide, putting a question […]
Welcome to Taking Stock, a space where we can take a deep breath and try to figure out what the COVID-19 economy really means for our finances. Every month, personal finance expert Paco de Leon will answer your most difficult, emotionally charged questions about money. This year has forced many […]
Congratulations — you’ve made it through another year! Although 2021 was almost as much of a fever dream as 2020, the only way to move on is to move forward into 2022. With the New Year approaching, we thought we’d take a peak at what’s ahead using one of our […]
I’ve been writing my Dear Daniela column for almost five years. For my final article in the series, I wanted to share the best things I’ve learned about beauty — from skincare to hair and beyond — as well as how my own routine has changed. My first job in […]
Sometimes, when you realise you’re not attracted to someone, there’s no real explanation as to why. You get the ick over nothing specific. Other times it’s easy to pinpoint exactly what bothers you about the person you’re dating. TikTok has recently become obsessed with a very specific kind of icky […]
Before my dad passed in August last year, I had mostly seen two grieving characters on screen. The first is the stern, silent type – usually in action TV shows – who channel the death into the form of a deeper purpose of mission. The second was the uncontrollable wailing […]
Welcome to Refinery29’s So, How Is It Really? where we take a look at all of the topics that have the internet talking. In studying them up close, we answer the question of what it’s really like to try out a trend, a viral product, or an unexpected TikTok hack. […]
