Goblincore: the trend taking over TikTok Alexandra Wagner August 2, 2021 Creativity, History, Lifestyle, MESSFashion, News, Style, Sustainability, Trends You may be familiar with ‘cottagecore’, the style trend that became popularized during the beginnings of the pandemic due to its highly romanticized, back-to-rural-life aesthetic. However, in spite of how love...
Let the Fashion Games Begin: a Look at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Alexandra Wagner July 28, 2021 Designers, History, MESSFashion, News, Photographers, Style, Trends Since its opening ceremony on July 23rd, the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games have been on everyone’s minds and screens. Largely due to the fact that they could not happen last year, they are scrutinized more...
The Perfect Plus-Size Model Eve Rowena July 27, 2021 Designers, Fashion Weeks, MESSFashion, Models, Style, Trends Diversity in the modelling industry is still very new. It’s not hard to tell that a lot of the big fashion houses are simply succumbing to the pressure to be inclusive as opposed to actually wanting to be dive...
Send Nudes: would you be shy if it was art? Alexandra Wagner July 23, 2021 Be Featured, Beauty, Community, Designers, Features, MESSFashion, News, Photographers, Style, Trends, Women FFFACE.ME x Anabel Arto FFFACE.ME, the geniuses behind the ‘Instagram filters that hype the internet’, have recently announced their collaboration and giveaway with Ukrainian lingerie brand Anabel Arto. Thi...
Making History: Leyna Bloom becomes Sports Illustrated’s first trans swimsuit cover star Alexandra Wagner July 22, 2021 Beauty, Models, Shows, Stories, Style, Trends, Women 24-year-old American actress, model, dancer an activist Leyna Bloom, who has been openly transgender since 2014, has recently made history as the first transgender woman of color to be featured on the cover of...
The Boring World of Influencer Fashion Brands Eve Rowena July 20, 2021 Bloggers, Designers, MESSFashion, Style, Sustainability, Sustainablefashion, Trends Personally, I’m bored of every basic influencer/ex-reality star releasing the same loungewear set and calling it a fashion brand. We are living in an age where anyone can manufacture their own clothes...
‘What a MESS!’ Podcast episode 7: Interview with Stephanie Benedetto, the ‘Queen of Raw’ Alexandra Wagner July 19, 2021 Be Featured, Creativity, Features, Interview, MESSFashion, News, Podcast, Stories, Sustainability, Sustainablefashion, Trends, Women We had the amazing opportunity to sit down with New York City native Stephanie, entrepreneur and CEO of 'Queen of Raw', a global marketplace that helps brands manage and reduce their deadstock. Having won the ...
The Fashion Industry is a Huge Offender When it Comes to Performative Activism Eve Rowena July 16, 2021 Community, Designers, History, MESSFashion, Society, Trends Last month was pride month, and in the last 5 years or so that has increasingly meant that brands who have never mentioned ‘gay rights’ before in their entire existence release a rainbow collection and post so...
Serotoninn – Lena Stepanenko Eve Rowena July 10, 2021 Designers, Designers, Features, MESSFashion, News, Style, Trends, Women Serotoninn is a young womenswear brand based in Ukraine. The brand was launched in 2018 by young designer Lena Stepanenko. She was born and raised in Kyiv, Ukraine. After studying medicine she moved to Germ...