Fashion How to Avoid Culturally Appropriated Fashion Cultural appropriation is using someone else’s culture without respect, and often involves profiting off that culture while ignoring its traditions. LX News contributor Michelle Park spoke to several people in the fashion industry about appropriation, and they share their thoughts on how you can be a better consumer.
NBA Breaking Down Fashion at the 2022 NBA Draft Fashion becomes more and more of a centerpiece on draft night. Brandon Gaston, @TheLifeStylest on Instagram, breaks down the looks from the night’s biggest stars.
fan controlled football Fashion Designer Reviews FCF Jerseys Professional Fashion Designer Bryan Hearns reviews FCF Jerseys in the start of our Jersey of the year tournament.
Fashion This Vintage Store Is Changing the Conversation About Plus Size Fashion in NYC Plus BKLYN is New York City's only plus size vintage store
Met Gala What to Know About the Met Gala and Some of Its Most Iconic Looks The Met Gala started in 1948 as a typical New York City fundraiser, but has evolved into one of the year’s biggest, wildest nights in fashion. Here’s everything you need to know about its history, how to get a ticket, and some of its most iconic looks.
Fashion Inside Plus BKLYN, New York City's Only Plus Size Vintage Store New York City is the fashion capital of the U.S., but it has only one brick and mortar vintage store that caters to plus size customers. That’s Plus BKLYN in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Owner Alexis Krase talked to NBCLX storyteller Ngozi Ekeledo about why she opened the store out of “necessity” and what it means to the people who shop there....
Met Gala What's the Point of the Met Gala, Anyway? Here's What It Raises Money For The Met Gala raises money for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute — a collection of more than 33,000 pieces of clothing, jewelry and accessories that documents fashion from the 1400s to now.
small business This AZ Woman Owns 3 Stores Where Women in Need Can Shop Free Cynthia Scott served 4 prison sentences and was in jail 17 different times while struggling with heroin addiction. Now she runs Nickel City Baby, a women’s clothing store with 2 locations in the Phoenix, Arizona area and another in Oklahoma. Every pricetag at the stores ends in .55, because 55 cents of every purchase go to help women in need,...
Fashion Indigenous Model Who Opened Her Own Agency Says ‘It's Our Time' In her career as a model, Joleen Mitton worked with photographers and others who wanted to downplay her Indigenous features. She knew that was wrong, but didn’t know who to turn to. “Having someone like myself back then would have been really great,” she told LX News host Ashley Holt. Mitton explains why she founded Supernaturals Modelling Agency in Vancouver,...
California The Story Behind Von Dutch, the Hot Rod Brand of the '00s A new docuseries explores the once-global obsession with Von Dutch, a fashion label that drew inspiration from a hot rod car artist’s work and was seen on celebrities like Paris Hilton, Dennis Rodman and Halle Berry in the 2000s. Director Andrew Renzi tells us more about the series “The Curse of Von Dutch: A Brand to Die For,” out...
