Which niche hobby should you pick up? (Quiz)
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Scented Candles for Twenty-Something Teenage Girls
One solid piece of advice we can give to our fellow twenty-somethings that seek to inch their way into the level of martini-soaked sophistication promised to us á la SATC manifest destiny upon reaching adulthood is to invest in a good scented candle for your space. Luckily for you, we’ve already picked out eight of our fall favorites for you to peruse to your heart’s content.
Clean Girls Get Dirty with Djerf Avenue
“The clean girls are cannibalizing each other.” Djerf Avenue’s battle with dupe culture.
ASK A DELUSIONAL GIRL: NO. 2
The second installment of Delude Magazine’s advice column, ASK A DELUSIONAL GIRL: This week, we answer your questions about navigating forgiveness after you’ve hurt someone & breaking the cycle of childhood academic competitiveness.
Halloween is satanic. (Just not for the reasons you think.)
“Girls will look for Betty to their Veronica, the Cassie to their Maddy. It’s all about Black Swan and Mulholland Drive…” “….Men might not know it, but on Halloween they are all dressed as Archie. And while many women have participated in this kind of dynamic outside of Halloween, those who usually would not feel drawn into this realm of subtle manipulation, are more ready and willing.”
Fawns Forever
A foray into coquette visual theory: “..And just as camo lingers, so do fawns, for who wouldn’t want to be prey-faced, doe-eyed, spindly-legged, hunted by guys who bought their Realtree pants on Grailed? It’s natural.”
The Sullivan Party
“Last Thursday night, on the eve of fashion week, the Sullivan sisters launched their brand at Sovereign House, located in an area in the Lower East Side that is now unfortunately gauche to name in any kind of article. As guests began to trickle in, I took a lap around the space.”
Frau Summer
“As summer comes to a close, I wanted to look back at a trend I started to see on my Twitter feed in early June. Well, not a trend exactly but a particular term, used in a way I had never seen it used before. It first appeared as a heading on moodboard-like tweets, images of beautiful women with braided hair, lace curtains, Anaïs Nin quotes, young Laetitia Casta, cotton dresses, fresh fruit, Jane and Serge holding baby Charlotte, a monk petting a cat in the garden, etc. It was “frau summer”. I wasn't quite sure what “Frau'' meant, but I knew that I liked it.”
“It’s Like a Womb”: Exploring Chloë Sevigny’s East Village Apartment
To quote Liam Hess, there lies a challenge within publications to find the exact words to describe the elusive Chloë Sevigny. With her work stringing from a rather odd & diverse knot, she says, “…It’s always been: ‘Oh, she’s the fashion girl, she’s the New York girl,” and rarely the actress who is…
Improv: Surviving Nepotism
Improv: No. 1 - Musings on nepo babies, class consciousness, and the likelihood of being Jennifer Coolidge’s long-lost daughter.
The Valentine’s Day Gift Guide
Valentine’s Day, the day of love, is a mixed bag for many of us as we seek to navigate the mine-laden landscape of romance in the digital age.