Amelia V.B. Shull

I must have ordered something recently from a big-box conglomerate that owns teen fashion shops, because lately my mailbox is full of catalogs geared exclusively toward teenagers who are six feet tall and weigh 115 pounds. Of course, I do the obligatory flip-through, and I find that I am madly in love with many articles […]

Walking to the Durham Farmers’ Market is one of my favorite things about living near downtown. Supporting local farmers by buying my collards, sausage and tomatoes directly from them makes me happy, and it allows me the opportunity to ask questions about exactly how that tomato came to be. One recent Saturday morning, eager to […]

When asking our mothers for fashion advice, we run the risk of making them think we want all of their old clothes–they dressed us for so long that it’s probably only natural for them to want to continue to do so. But some of us are lucky to inherit items from moms who have great […]

Fashion trends can be sneaky bastards. Sometimes you know they’re coming, and you’re rewarded for keeping your legwarmers from those ’80s aerobics classes. But sometimes they sneak up on you, like when a cover model is wearing the exact same fringe boots that the other kids made fun of you for wearing when you were […]