With the many affordable brands on the market, I don't broach this subject lightly, but in the spirit of fall shopping, I'm going there. When there's something that I can get at Zara or the like that's just as lovely as the $1k designer version (i.e. a black blazer), I absolutely will order the affordable version. But the thing that I'm always supportive of splurging on is a designer bag. If you take good care of it, it'll last forever, and we've reported numerous times that many investment bag...

Recently, I've been thinking about which new on-trend items I really want to buy and which of my current pieces I can breathe new life into. I took inventory of my current wardrobe assortment, and it turns out I bought a ton of trendy pieces last spring and summer. Anyone else guilty of the same?After sifting through every last thing I own and trying on plenty of outfit combinations along the way, I realized that many of 2020's best trends are still going strong today. I bet you already own a...

Ankle-boot season (or fall—tomayto, tomahto) is upon us, and before you go blindly scrolling forth through the thousands of new ankle-boot arrivals, you might as well get a little expert advice. For that, we consulted Katie Smith, the retail analysis and insights director at Edited, a fashion and retail technology company that's our go-to source for the latest market trends. This time around, we asked Smith to fill us in on the ankle-boot trend that people have stopped buying in 2021, and her ...

In the year 2021, “How are you?” is a loaded question. How are you? How are you? Does anyone really want to know the truth? And yet, this is, predictably, how my Zoom conversation begins with 24-year-old Grace Van Patten as we rush through introductions on-screen, maintaining a very safe social distance in our respective Brooklyn apartments. Wearing a white tank top and a mix of chunky and delicate gold jewelry (she describes her personal style as “Saturday Night Fever mixed with Urban Co...