J. Danielle

To paraphrase Marshall McLuhan, first you shape your mask(s) and thereafter, your mask(s) shape you. Just as an IRL costume or mask changes the way you carry yourself, a digital garment can transform your thought processes and habits of mind

Risk is expensive, and it does not figure into P&L. When the pressure is to show YoY growth on the quarterly basis, as is the case of the publicly traded companies, or when expectation is to deliver wild returns in case of PE-backed ones, no one wants to make anything remotely surprising or different. Prada is able to put forward fearless... See more

When I feel unsettled, it’s usually because I haven’t sat down to write in a while.

Unsettled is a good word to describe the weirdness of modern life, and I think one of the main reasons many of us feel unsettled is because no one feels like they’re getting much done. Which isn’t surprising when you consider that people are spending upwards of 6... See more

Reilly in person is open, informal and self-effacing to the point of pondering out loud why anybody would want to hear what he has to say. But if he has one secret to success, it’s the ability to think in opposites, he said.

We’re trapped in a Never-Ending Now — blind to our place in history, engulfed in the present moment, overwhelmed by the slightest breeze of chaos.

Fashion and beauty are now well and truly intertwined with the WNBA, which exploded into the mainstream last year, breaking viewership and stadium ticket sale records. In 2024, the WNBA averaged 1.19 million viewers on ESPN platforms, up 170 per cent from 2023. (In response to the growing interest, all WNBA pre-season games will be broadcast or... See more

It is often in the cradle of friendship — a word not to be used carelessly — that our creative energies are strengthened and renewed.