Is a love for fashion unsustainable?
The most sustainable person I know is my mother-in-law. If everyone shopped like her, the world would be a much better place. The catch? She doesn’t care about fashion.
Michelangelo's David in Florida, New Yorker Cartoons, Hermes Bags, and Wallace and Gromit with Hannah Robinson
I chat with Hannah Robinson, freelance illustrator and cartoonist who has done work in the Guardian, the New Yorker and more.Also, the news has exploded surrounding the forced resignation of a Florida principal after parents complained about the teaching of Michel Angelo’s David to a class of sixth graders.
Are we ruining old things?
Over the past few years, the internet has seen a surge in people finding old antique furniture, thrift shopping, and using Facebook marketplace to find pre-loved clothes. Although some interior or fashion styles have people simply use these items as is, others have people using their creative and crafty skills to change the original item into something that is trendier or more in line with their personal style. But not everyone thinks this creativity is all good, with some saying that these creators are “ruining” the original pieces.
My Art Nouveau Wedding
A picture by picture look at the details that went into our Art Nouveau, London Secret Garden autumn wedding.
Was the 2022 Met Gala theme misguided? The Gilded Era, SCOTUS and increasing economic disparity
Some on Twitter have pointed out the irony of these two trending conversation topics as well as on The Gilded Age as a theme more generally alongside a time of raising gas and food prices and increasing economic disparity. Is this a fair criticism?