Talking about friendship with Leandra Medine Cohen
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Talking about friendship with Leandra Medine Cohen
“ I have watched beauty trends shift dramatically over the past decade, from the ultra-thin models of the early 2000s to the Instagram-influenced emphasis on curves and cosmetic enhancement. These changes do not happen in a vacuum. They reflect broader social conversations about feminism, body positivity, racial representation, and economic
... See moreYears may pass before you feel like you’re onto something, and this process will likely involve plugging your ears to the siren song of trends until you realize you actually have the same sensibility you had as a kid, it’s just grown up now. I like the word sensibility, I’ve started using it instead of taste when I’m trying to tap into something... See more
Haley Nahman • #197: What is "personal style"?
Sitting at Yum thoughts
Every person has their own story, thinking about this is a very perplexing and overwhelming thought. We try to ‘be ourselves' so often and try to find ourselves but really we are all at the same time, from the same place, made up of the same things. This inspired me. Actually taking the time to sit and look around is such a
... See moreThere’s a modern phenomenon whereby personal style—on the body, in the home—is understood as a separate track of identity. It’s a mode of expression we’re meant to perfect through mimetic desire and buying the right stuff. I’m thinking, for instance, of dressing like a “coastal grandma,” without otherwise inhabiting the relevant lifestyle choices.... See more
Haley Nahman • #176: Accounting for taste
When we rely on “taste mimicking” in whatever form it takes, we might find that we ultimately aren’t satisfied with how our taste, or rather how the way we are approaching taste, is influencing our personal style. Because we are chasing a feeling or quality that we think the aesthetic, the item, will give us. If we sit too long in being informed by... See more