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Etsy Is Buying Fashion Resale App Depop For £1.1 Billion
American ecommerce site Etsy is buying London-based fashion resale app Depop for an impressive $1.63 billion (£1.13 billion) as reported by the New York Times, which means that the vintage, handcrafted, and secondhand fashion markets are expecting a major boom in the coming years. Etsy was founded in Brooklyn in 2005 and has since established itself as the go-to online shopping destination for vintage and handmade goods and art and craft supplies. In 2015, Etsy went public on the stock market and joined NASDAQ’s composite index, which includes companies like Apple, Tesla, Amazon, and Facebook. Etsy’s acquisition of Gen-Z fashion app Depop is a bid to connect with younger customers who share Etsy’s interest in vintage and secondhand fashion from independent merchants, sell...
I Dressed Like Rachel Green From Friends For a Week and Learnt a Few Things About ’90s Style
Costume design is this really interesting area where fashion and entertainment meet. Series like Gossip Girl and The Handmaid’s Tale, and films like Clueless and The Devil Wears Prada, have had a major impact on how we dress. We’d love to credit Blair Waldorf for the recent revival of headbands. And if it weren’t for Miranda Priestly, would we ever know the difference between turquoise and cerulean blue? Fashion’s dynamic relationship with pop culture is undeniable. For the past couple years, we’ve experienced a very nostalgic ’90s style renaissance. Even icons of the era, like Keanu Reeves and Celine Dion, are getting in on the action. So, we decided to try out Rachel Green’s great style from one of the decade’s most defining series, Friends...
Constitution Review: Sultan canvasses unrestricted usage of hijab
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto, has advocated the use of Hijab by Muslim women, without restrictions and in total observance of the freedom of religion in the country. The Sultan, who is also the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), stated this in Birnin Kebbi, on Tuesday, at the North West Zonal Public Hearing on the Constitution Review organised by the House of Representatives for Stakeholders from Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara. Abubakar wondered why the wearing of the Hijab would be a problem for others who were not using it, stressing that the other religions could also be encouraged to adopt what their religions ordered them to do. “The most important issue is the issue of religion. Almighty God created us to worship Him and you m...
Auné London Is Hosting an Epic Pop-Up Store in Shoreditch For Bank Holiday Weekend
Auné London is the coolest multibrand store of 2021. Don’t believe us? Ask Beyoncé. The music icon was spotted wearing one of Auné’s in-house sustainable mesh dresses this past April. If you, like us, have missed out on the chance to grab a coveted design from the perennially sold-out brand, then you’re in luck because Auné is hosting its first-ever pop-up store in Shoreditch for May bank holiday weekend. In addition to Auné’s in-house selection of sustainable mesh dresses that will be available for preorder at the pop-up, the brand will be selling some equally eclectic and hard-to-find pieces from independent designers and vintage suppliers. Our favourite brands making an appearance at Auné’s Shoreditch pop-up include: crystal couture pieces by Frances O, sex...
Poster Girl Is the Bodacious Fashion Brand Loved by Dua Lipa, Doja Cat, and Bimini Bon Boulash
Poster Girl founders Natasha Somerville and Francesca Capper (Daniel Sachon) Are you familiar with Poster Girl? The London-based online boutique founded by Francesca Capper and Natasha Somerville is creating the hottest dresses of summer 2021. We first fell in love with Poster Girl’s skintight signature dresses after Rowan Blanchard shared a photo on Instagram wearing the brand’s Charlotte dress in autumn 2020. But with nowhere to go at the time, it wasn’t until spring 2021 that stars like Dua Lipa, Kylie Jenner, Selena Gomez, and Doja Cat started to catch on to the brand’s “bold and bodacious” designs. With Poster Girl set to be one of the It brands of summer 2021, we spoke to the designers about how a pair of red stilettos decided their friendship, the...
Jennifer Lawrence Wore the Most Low-Key Trouser Trend With a Crop Top
Even though Jennifer Lawrence wears mostly designer items every time she leaves the house (I can’t blame her), her actual outfit formulas are always pretty accessible. She sticks to basics like jeans, T-shirts, slip skirts, printed dresses, and, of course, sneakers. Lawrence was photographed walking around Manhattan with her husband over the weekend wearing several of the aforementioned items, and it has instantly given us an idea to take into the summer months. As you know, crop tops continue to be popular after many years in the spotlight, but pairing them with low-rise jeans can be a little scary for some, myself included. Lawrence wore pretty much the opposite of that cut and opted for a pair of high-waisted, pleated, and loose pants from T...
10 Dress-and-Sandal Outfits For When the Sun Finally Makes An Appearance
But, in the meantime, I’ll just have to make-do with my imagination and the escapist capabilities of online window shopping. And of course, NET-A-PORTER is the first place I’ll head. After 12 months of tracksuit bottoms and shearling slippers, I’ll take any excuse to slip on a dress and fancy sandals, so these are what are primarily making up my current wishlist. I typically like to balance out formal silhouettes with more casual styles, so my dream outfit line-up is an eclectic mix of paint box brights paired with classic tan sandals, clean-cut linen minis elevated with wedge heels and ditzy florals balanced-out by raffia mules. The brands at the top of my wishlist include Rejina Pyo, that can always be relied ...
These Oversize Dresses Are the Coolest Thing You’ll Wear This Summer
The oversize look is slowly but surely becoming one of those era-defining fashion trends that we’re sure to remember for years to come, with all tastes and body shapes discovering the comfy cool-girl appeal of roomier silhouettes, be that in the form of shirts, jeans or dresses. “I feel like Vetements really paved the way for the oversize look,” muses celeb stylist Aimée Croysdill. “It was a real moment that has been picked up as a solid trend, and I hope it never goes away.” You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and hel...
10 Perfumes That Beauty Insiders Agree Are the Best of the Best
While there’s genuinely nothing I love more than sharing my favourite beauty finds with people—whether that’s through my writing here or in a flurry of WhatsApp messages with friends seeking a new moisturiser—I can’t deny that recommending a product always makes me feel a bit jittery. After all, I’m lucky enough to be sent lots of products to try as part of my job and while I’d never advocate for anything that I didn’t genuinely think was great, suggesting that somebody actually parts with their hard-earned cash to buy it always makes me nervous. Because, let’s face it, beauty is incredibly personal. A certain cleanser that I’ve said is brilliant at soothing breakouts might truly work, but if my best friend only likes crea...
14 French Beauty Brands I Know You’ll Love as Much as I Do
Of course, you’ll already know of and have probably used products from the big French beauty brands—Chanel, Givenchy, Lancôme, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, to name a few—but let’s put those to one side for a second. I’m talking about the brands that truly epitomise French beauty; the ones you’ll find in small pharmacies. A good skincare regimen is integral to French women; generally speaking, they tend to apply their makeup delicately, so clear skin is a must. This is perhaps why there are many excellent skincare brands to choose from over there—not all of which will bankrupt you either. You’ll find these in my edit, as well as some less-is-more makeup brands that have that certain je ne sais quoi. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking fo...
From M&S to Mango, These Are the 19 Affordable Summer Sandals I Rate
I’m lodging a complaint with whoever is in charge of the summer weather because the rain is now officially Out of Hand™. After the past couple of weeks of pretty much nonstop pouring, I’m now frustrated that I’m unable to wear the sandals I had planned for the foreseeable months. While there’s little I can do, I’ve decided that I’m going to dress for the weather we deserve and not the weather we have, which means eyeing up all the affordable sandals that are around right now. Although I’m going to talk you through my favourite inexpensive pairs, make no mistake—these don’t look cheap. All the high-street and luxe-looking sandals I’ve found could be mistaken for designer pairs. Know that most lean toward the flatfo...
I Have Over 20 Pairs of Jeans, But I Didn’t See This Trend Coming
I really love jeans. While I’m not about to change my name to Levi Strauss, I do own around 20 pairs, which is probably quite a lot. But in my defence, they make up the majority of my wardrobe, and half of the pairs have been in there for a long time—from the skinny Topshop Joni’s I keep just in case (no matter how “cheugy” they are) to a pair of boyfriend jeans I snapped up in a sale for a tenner 10 years ago which I still wear today. Currently, I have a couple of favourites I wear on repeat: wide-leg ecru jeans from L’Agence and a pair of dungarees from Frame. While I don’t want to admit that I’m a big fashion-editor cliché, both the aforementioned pairs are very much on-trend right now. It’s why, the...
