
There’s a particular kind of nervous energy that comes with walking into a luxury boutique with a secret agenda tucked under your coat. Officially, I was just another woman wandering in to browse Prada handbags on a crisp evening in downtown Chicago, the kind of casual luxury handbag shopping you see all the time on…

If you’ve taken a stroll down a city street, scrolled through TikTok, or checked out the latest street style looks from Fashion Week lately, you’ve undoubtedly noticed one overwhelming trend: the total reign of 90s straight-leg denim. After years of skinny jeans holding a vice-like grip on our wardrobes, followed by a brief, chaotic fling…