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Rebecca M. Harrington
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The Farewell of a Fashionista
As I wind up my last year at Harvard, I find myself vaguely nonplussed. Have four years of nonsensical response
Floral Prints Need Attention Or They'll Wilt
The ’90s were, in general, a terrible time for fashion. There is something so offensive about the decade’s frumpy minimalism,
Of Libraries and Leggings
There was once a brilliantly happy time in my life: the halcyon days before my thesis. In those days I
My Primary Concern: Fashion
The other day I was at the gym doing a pilates routine and reading about whether Suri Cruise really is
Rebecca M. Harrington
Despite the fact that many top 10 lists have an positive bent, it is my experience that cautionary tales work
Baby, It’s Cold Outside: Better Wear a Scarf
Ever since I was informed by my grandmother how Isadora Duncan died—in a fit of gesticular excess, she tossed her
Please, Never Wear Leggings Again
What is the dealio with you people? Honestly, if all of you are going to keep wearing leggings in spite
THE TREND IS NIGH: Blazers and Jodhpurs on Parade!
Sometimes I feel educationally robbed. In the flurry of freshman year bragging—which seemed to last the entire duration of my
Iconoclastic!
In the age of handlers, PR agents and momanagers intent on horning in on their daughters’ careers (yet also sabotaging
Colorful Fashion? Not At Brown
Growing up in the shadow of Brown University has some definitive advantages. For example, I was always aware of what
Pants, Minds Wide Open
We live in an era that is defined by extremes. For example, how do we live in a world that
Revisiting Oscars Fashion, Whether I Like It Or Not
Every March I threaten to have an Oscar party and then I don’t. I tell everyone I know to take
Taken from the C-List: My Adventures at Fashion Week
It takes a tough and rugged disposition to be a minor celebrity. Take Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton’s buxom, collagen-enhanced best
Fashion Forecast: Stormy
There are years when fashion is alive with a sort of electric promise, when each collection is a wildly inventive
Preppy-Goth Is Doomed Fashion
Some people have multifaceted gothic personalities that are colored by extreme fluctuations of emotion. I am not one of these