Category: Fashion Practices
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Fashion Practices: On Holiday Shopping
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I have a complicated relationship with the holidays. But I’ve been trying quite consciously to return to my childhood love for the holidays and enjoy them in my own ways over the past few years. Today I’m sharing some of the strategies I’ve adopted to make holiday shopping a bit…
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Fashion Practices: On Wearing Memories
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My story with fashion is a long one. It started as a child, probably before I can even remember. My love for fashion was passed down by my designer aunt […]
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Fashion Practices: On wearing Latinx and Indigenous fashion
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One of my friends recently asked me if it is ok for her, as a white person, to wear clothes created by Latin American and Latinx designers and brands. I […]
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Fashion Practices: On dressing as “Latina”
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Today I’m introducing the final section of the new structure of this blog/newsletter (for now). And this one really excites me because it means getting close and personal with fashion by reflecting on why I wear what I wear—and encouraging you to do the same!
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Style Reflections: On Wearing Bright Colors
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One of my favorite ways of researching fashion is documenting and reflecting on my own dress practices. In doing so, I undergo a process of introspection where I question not […]
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Style Reflections: On Wearing A Princess Gown Every Day
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My sister has always been a character, especially when it comes to dress. When she was a little kid, she would hang around our home wearing a bikini, claiming that […]
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Creativity As Human Experience
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Creativity. I’ve been having a lot of issues with it lately. Not because I’ve lost it—can you ever actually lose something that lives so deep inside your soul?—but because I’ve been trying to establish […]
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From Sneakers To High Heels: Reflection On Wearing Shoes In NYC
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I wrote this article originally in Spanish, to be published on Inédito.co. Much has been said in the history of fashion about high heels. Not so long ago, in the […]
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Style Reflections: Facing Unbearable Heat
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In terms of my personal style, one of the most difficult things about moving to New York has been the summer. Some of you might not be aware of this, but […]
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Why I Quit Fast Fashion
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I wrote this article for a friend’s blog at the beginning of the year and, for some reason, I haven’t stopped thinking about it lately. The issue of fast fashion […]