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YouTube Shorts has Just Arisen Jumping Into the Limelight
Are you looking to utilize YouTube’s new Shorts video option? You should be! The short-form video format helped numerous small creators break out and reach a massive audience similar to those already popular short-form content platforms such as Snapchat Stories, TikTok and Instagram Reels .
By Estalontech3 years ago in Styled
The story of the ‘queen of flowers’
“It might well be said of this beautiful flower, that nature has exhausted herself in trying to lavish on it the freshness of beauty, of form, perfume, brilliancy, and grace.” This is how Charlotte de la Tour describes the rose in her famous book Le Langage des Fleurs (The Language of Flowers). In it, the rose occupies a central and almost hallowed position. Her sentiments were nothing new; before the publication of her book in 1819, the rose had – for millennia – been prized for its beauty, both aesthetic and olfactory. Like de La Tour, the Greek writer Achilles Tatius called the rose the “queen of flowers” in the second century AD, and to Persian poets like Hafez, its loveliness was unrivalled. And the rose continues to be strongly associated with beauty today, as it does with love; but within its folds lie many other connotations, some of which aren’t as rosy. Ravishing: The Rose in Fashion, an upcoming spring 2021 exhibition at the Museum at FIT (New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology), explores the myriad meanings of what is perhaps the most symbolically rich – and controversial – flower, not only in fashion but in everything from mythology and literature to religion and politics.
By Many A-Sun3 years ago in Styled
Thoroughly modern mullets: Style's unlikeliest comeback
Style can be – among other things – a way for individuals to express the influence of the external world. It makes perfect sense, then, that the definitive beauty trend of the previous year – one of the most chaotic and traumatic years in global memory – is the resurgence of one of the most reviled and lampooned haircuts in modern history: the mullet. The long in the back, short on the top-and-sides look has made a powerful and poetic comeback during the coronavirus pandemic, that (like the virus itself) shows no signs of leaving us soon.
By Sue Torres3 years ago in Styled
The birth of the Black is Beautiful movement
On 28 January 1962, a large crowd formed outside Purple Manor, a nightclub in the Harlem neighbourhood of New York City. A fashion show was taking place – an event that proved so popular it had to be held for a second time that same night – which sparked a movement that would change the way black people were represented forever.
By Cindy Dory3 years ago in Styled
Gen X, Gen Z, Millennials: Which has the best style?
Online, Generation Z (ages 9-24) has been criticising numerous aspects of mainstream Millennial (ages 25-40) style, namely their affections for side-parted hair and skinny jeans. In the process they have unleashed a tidal wave of sassy, self-conscious and downright spiteful reactions from Millennials. The trending dispute is so impassioned, not due to a lifelong allegiance to the particular jeans or hairstyle in question, but because the accusation of being outdated has forced Millennials to face an uncomfortable truth: there's been a transfer of generational power.
By Sue Torres3 years ago in Styled
Britain's first black aristocrats
For centuries, the Royal Family, Britain's wealthiest, most exclusive institution, has been synonymous with whiteness. And yet, for a brief moment, there she was: Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Sussex, a biracial black woman, on the balcony at Buckingham Palace. Her picture-perfect wedding to Prince Harry in 2018 was an extraordinary amalgamation of black culture and centuries-old royal traditions, as an African-American preacher and a gospel choir graced St George's Chapel in Windsor. Watching on that sunny May afternoon, who would've known things would unravel the way they have three years on?
By Copperchaleu3 years ago in Styled
Stunning images of elegance and strength
When I was a teen I travelled from the US to Scotland with my family. On our first night in Edinburgh, we sat in a pub across from several Nigerian couples, resplendent in bell bottoms and African prints, paired with plaids and Harris tweeds. They were spinning the traditional textures into something chic, subversive and all their own. One woman wore a Shetland sweater under her embroidered dress, a wool scarf wrapped stylishly on her head. I couldn't take my eyes off of her. It was a simple new logic – style and self definition over everything.
By Alessandro Algardi3 years ago in Styled
Dracula's Disco
God I love Halloween, as well as any excuse to dress up. This year, I haven't made my BIG costume yet (see the Midsommar dress from last year here), but my boyfriend and I wanted to go ahead and get creative! Stephen is a super talented photographer, and we always shoot together when either of us has a fun idea.
By Samantha Hearn3 years ago in Styled
How I Made the Midsommar Dress. Top Story - October 2022.
For Halloween, I love to go ALL OUT. This costume was no exception. I wanted to make the Midsommar May Queen dress from the moment I saw Ari Aster's film in all of it's psychedelic, horrific glory. I'm no stranger to making costumes and playing dress-up, but I knew this would be a serious undertaking. Most of my costume skills involve hot glue, and seeing as I sewed through my finger in Home Ec class during high school, I had to call on my mom for help to get started.
By Samantha Hearn3 years ago in Styled
“CASH Me Outside” Girl, a Creator Tune Out but Made it Big
It was slang spoken by a young teenager who appeared on a talk program and felt she was being tough. It seems to me that what she meant to say was “catch me outside.” That is to say, let us take this fight somewhere else and do it there.
By Estalontech3 years ago in Styled
Why Everything Changes In Fashion? - What Should You Know
According to the French historian Daniel Roche, fashion is always evolving. People are continually seeking new things and as a consequence, fashion evolves. The increasing velocity of social and cultural shifts is largely attributable to advances in communication and information technologies. According to research, historical events tend to amplify fashion trends. Seasonal changes drive fashion, as each season demanded different sorts of garments. The fashion industry consistently sets the pace for innovation and reinvention. There is a hypothesis called Zeitgeist Theory. It translates to "Timespirit" in German. It aids in the analysis of cultural trends across time.
By Giorgi Mikhelidze3 years ago in Styled
