The Unknown Story Behind The Murakami Flower

You don’t have to be fashion lover to recognize this design, of a flower with rainbow petals smiling right back at you. Without any exaggeration, the Murakami flower has been everywhere the last decade of fashion, oftentimes with no name or story surrounding the origin.

The not so Kawaii Side of Japan’s Harajuku Culture

I remember watching Refinery 29’s video a couple of years back, titled The Dark Side of Harajuku Style You Haven’t Seen Yet, which opened my eyes to a whole new perspective on…

20 Artists That Made my 2020 a Little Better

Look, I am not saying 2020 was full of sparkles and butterflies and dreamy things. However, I also am fully aware that art is healing, at least for me. Ever since I…

Black Influence on Fashion

Black Culture is undoubtedly one of the biggest influences on today’s fashion and has been for many many years. Society seems to pick apart pieces of Black culture and glamorize them on commercially idealized bodies of skinny, white men and women but usually bash Black men and women when they wear these trends, calling them ratchet and ghetto.

Perspectives on Racism

After the brutal murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis, the world united against police brutality and racism by organizing protests. The Black Lives Matter movement brought people together…

Why Animal Testing Is A Problem

If you were to be walking down a street and you saw a bunny, would you kill it just for your own benefit? I mean, why would you actually kill an innocent…

Women’s Bodies, Still Sexualised?

We see gender inequality in the media every day, everywhere but we got so used to it that we don’t even realize it’s gender sexualising we see. Mostly women are sexualised every…