By: Aina Jankunas... My mom has always been my biggest style inspiration. She’s just that girl—and always has been. In 1997, at age 22, she and my dad immigrated to Chicago from Lithuania. It was her...

By: Broke Baddie... If you’re an avid thrift store shopper, it’s worth considering your loved ones during each and every hunt. Why? Because I tried it for a year, and managed to score perfect gifts for...

By: Taylor Trotta... As a member of the working class, I’ve relied on thrift stores to supply my closet with sustenance for most of my life. From everyday essentials to special occasional gems, secondhand has...

By Taylor Trotta... Warning: This article may contain material that is sensitive to some readers. We’ve all been captivated by that certain something… that unbothered, too-cool-to-care aesthetic that dominated fashion in the 1990s. It was...

By Taylor Trotta... Clothing swaps have existed in various forms for centuries, driven by necessity, economic hardship, and more recently, environmental consciousness. While a contemporary clothing swap has become synonymous with sustainability and community-driven fashion,...

By Taylor Trotta... If you are like me, you’ve been searching for glimmers of positivity amid the political and societal turmoil that we, as citizens of the United States, face regularly. While this headline had...

By Elizabeth McLaughlin... Wicky Hassan had a vision: denim that was well-tailored, fashion-forward, and unapologetically feminine. Frustrated with the state of unisex jeans in the early '90s; the way they fit women’s bodies, and how...

If you know, you know.Finding grailed vintage isn’t about luck—it’s about the list. The insider cheat sheet. The brands that defined the late '90s and early 2000s. The ones that had every It Girl in...

Fashion has always been used as a tool to challenge the status quo, and some of the most iconic trends we love today came from feminist movements. Halter tops and tube tops, for example, weren’t...

By Devin Miles... As I’ve grown up and gained the agency to follow my dreams, I often reflect on how they’ve been shaped by the grand ideas about adulthood that were presented to me in...