I'm a Brooklyn-based freelance writer, formerly a retail reporter at Glossy, part of Digiday Media. I have a deep affinity for the em dash and a fraught relationship with the Oxford comma.
Food halls are everywhere now. It’s because we crave “authenticity.”
The food court’s younger, hipper cousin is a curated version of the mall staple.
I was a luxury fashion reporter $100,000 in debt
Here’s what it taught me about money and privilege.
‘You’re truly one of the bros now!’ What it’s like to be a woman at a bachelor party.
By my third hour at Cabaret Kingdom, a dodgy Montreal strip club sandwiched between two rundown surplus stores, the menagerie of women dancing on poles in neon lingerie began to resemble a mesmerizing piece of performance art.
What Kate Spade’s Death Reminds Us All About Mental Illness
Though Kate Spade embodied the same poise and sophistication of her namesake company—a bright and effervescent brand built on female empowerment and optimism—she was not immune to the grips of mental illness.
Booth babes and tech bros: How sexism is holding back women in fashion tech
A look at how women are experiencing sexism in fashion tech in Silicon Valley.
How Choire Sicha is ushering in a new era of style coverage for The New York Times
Shortly after the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke in October, Choire Sicha — then just one month into his new role as editor of the New York Times Styles section — called a meeting with Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the New York Times investigative reporting team that wrote the story.
The fashion industry fights to preserve Manhattan’s garment district
Eric Sauma spent most weekends growing up in Manhattan accompanying his father to work at Mood Fabrics, walking alongside him to the shop on 37th Street to help hand out flyers.
Phillip Picardi to lead Teen Vogue following departure of Elaine Welteroth
Phillip Picardi, digital editorial director of Teen Vogue, will serve as chief content officer at Teen Vogue following the departure of editor-in-chief Elaine Welteroth last week.
VC Nisha Dua: Investing in women is ‘a competitive advantage’
Nisha Dua, a partner in BBG Ventures, knows that investing in women is not only important for driving gender parity, it’s lucrative.
‘The wardrobe gap’: Clothing brand Brass is out to change officewear for women
“I really think it’s a deep societally ingrained thing. There’s this sense that, with men, it doesn’t matter what they’re wearing. Their ideas stand for themselves,” Doyle said. “For women, it’s your appearance plus your ideas."
How SoHo became an experimental retail playground
Chances are that if you stumble upon a new store in SoHo, it won’t be there in a few months.
For burned out fashion professionals, Etsy provides a second act
Rebecca Schoneveld first learned how to sew at age four. The deft seamstress grew up making her own clothing, and after graduating from design school, she scored coveted gigs at companies like J.Crew and several private contemporary labels. Yet despite her early success, she was deeply unhappy.
Reclaiming the word ‘old’: How fashion is fighting ageism
Jacky O’Shaughnessy had just moved back to New York after a 20-year stint in Los Angeles and was staying with friends in the West Village when she stepped outside to have a cigarette.
Why Conde Nast, with the help of Anna Wintour, is turning to hackathons to innovate
Squirreled away in a glass-enclosed conference room at the Condé Nast Entertainment office, a group of ten employees hailing from different publications and departments feverishly brainstormed ways to improve e-commerce infrastructure across the media conglomerate’s 20 brands.
The Cut’s revamped website looks to entice new advertisers
New York magazine’s fashion site The Cut is debuting a redesigned website in an effort to simultaneously enhance the user experience, entice ad buyers and more efficiently house its expanding coverage areas.