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Giving the archives a second life on Instagram ✂️ Follow along at @closetcollage

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I had a great time at the Art Institutes show last week at NYFW. Full of lively applause and cheers for each of the talented designers, it was such an inspiring atmosphere to view the collections together. All were wonderful, but the designs of Julissa Arrington really caught my eye. Combining so many design elements found in the Art Institutes themselves, the collection was full of intricate details that walked beautifully on the runway. Carefully layered folds joined a medley of fabrics, creating an illusion that was one part Jean Paul Gaultier, one part Queen Amidala. Make sure to check out more of her work, and look through the rest of the collections as well!

Created in partnership with The Art Institutes.

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Prabal Gurung, Fall 2014

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Chloe, Fall 2009

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Karen Walker, Fall 2014

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Proenza Schouler, Fall 2012

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Mary Katrantzou, Spring 2013

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New posts are in the works! Be back soon…

Throwback to Carven, Spring 2011

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TEE BEE TEE YOU GUYS Celine, Fall 2013 Gimme one of everything plz

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5 years of CC 🎉

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Goodbye, Style.com.

Today marks a strange moment in my history with the internet. I’m a child of the 90s and have basically always known life with the internet in it. There are early memories of the AOL dial up tone and playing Wiz3 in homeroom and eBaum’s World video binges with my friends at sleepovers. But weirdly enough, my strongest and earliest connection to this crazy world wide web was Style.com. After years of sneaking downstairs on school nights to watch public access Fashion TV, the runway shows that I loved so much were suddenly right at my fingertips. I devoured Tim Blanks’ backstage video podcasts, rewatching my favorites and memorizing the names of makeup artists and models. I’d stay up until 2am refreshing the homepage until that days batch of shows were posted during Fashion Week. I’d look at party photos after the weekend and cast my vote for the look of the day. Nothing beat it. 

Part of what’s making me so nostalgic about Style.com is how much it has to do with this blog. On a literal level, the runway images I share here are all from Style.com, and pulling them all was my favorite part of the creative ritual. But emotionally, the loss of Style.com is a reminder of how much has changed in the last 10 years. All of my memories associated with Style.com are from a time in my life that was simpler; social media wasn’t a thing (this all started pre-Facebook if you can believe it), working in fashion was a distant dream, and I had never even heard of a blog before. This was before Instagram, before bloggers, before viral videos. When I looked at Style.com, there was nothing clouding my judgement; I didn’t know who was being paid to sit front row, or which designer had a bad reputation, or even what my favorite writers looked like. Style.com was a purely happy place where I could nerd out, look at beautiful clothing, and learn about a subject I cared deeply about. That’s what fashion should always be. 

When I was introduced to Style.com, I was 13; now I’m almost 25. My fashion week refresh ritual has been replaced with live front row Instagrams and collection postings online an hour later. These are amazing, positive advances in technology, don’t get me wrong. But they’re also reminders that my podcast memories are getting more and more distant. The older I got the more I took Style.com for granted; that’s normal, it is just a website after all. But sometimes you really don’t realize how much you miss something until it’s gone. All of those happy memories hit me today and I got a lot sadder than I anticipated. But while the mourning period isn’t quite over, I was also reminded of why those memories are so happy in the first place. Style.com gave me the courage to put something out there and share it with strangers without fear of ridicule. It was an advanced class in learning about smart, interesting women, from Ingrid Sischy and Cathy Horyn to Linda Fargo and Julie Gilhart. It was the greatest textbook, the most invaluable teacher, and was my first taste of how the internet can make the world smaller in the best possible way. 

Life goes on, it always does. Vogue Runway will go on with show coverage, the designers will go on with their shows, Tim Blanks will go on wearing fabulously bright shirts. My love for the shows and the industry and the internet are unwavering. But I will always have the memory of Style.com and the way it made me feel. For that, I’m forever thankful. 

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Time for a new playlist #nowplaying

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Ralph Lauren, Fall 2014 

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Isabel Marant, Fall 2014

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Tommy Hilfiger, Spring 2014 Heading to Miami today and this collection is serving as major inspiration during my last few hours in the NYC cold. Dreaming of the warmer months!

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We love a photo booth #TumblrNYFW

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Taking full advantage of the photo booth at the #TumblrNYFW Creators Dinner with sarazucker. Happy #NYFW!