“For industry insiders who are faced with unprecedented criticism due to poor working standards and unsustainable production practices, it makes sense for fashion to appeal to a less-complicated past. But culturally this puts us in a rut — if we're all acting and dressing like we did when we were children, who are the adults responsible for the tribulations of the present?”

>"After over a year and a half without brand activations and art openings, New Yorkers are approaching fashion week with the timidness of high school juniors on photo day — or at least I am. Somehow I'd forgotten about the street style photographers, the overstuffed parties, and the uncomfortable feeling of being corralled by PR girls who seem to take pleasure in enforcing COVID-related rules. But the beginning of New York Fashion Week feels like going back to school for another reason: because everyone is dressed like a child."