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Welcome to the ninth edition of Cross Couture, the fashion x culture newsletter. |
The clothes we wear have always been an ever-shifting portrait of society and we’re sitting down to explore how our daily outfits change as we come into contact with new societies, technologies, and stories. |
It’s Day 7 of my Spring Challenge!
As a reminder, this challenge means that either you get an email in your inbox 5 times per week until May 31st (which means I get a set of luxurious, vintage jammies) OR I have to donate $5 to a charity I hate for every week that I miss the goal.
Series #2: Top 5 Fashion Reads for the Cross Couturist.
Dior, Chanel, Anna Wintour and McQueen are awesome. But I want to explore some of the other fashion legends out there - so let’s chat about them.
Today’s pick: Wildflower
I found out about Aurora James through work - a user sent us a picture with James’ “Wildflower” as the background. Then, more research into the beauty world led me to the 15 Percent Pledge, a non-profit org diversifying what we see on our shelves.
If Enninful’s book is about joy, James’ is about anger. Anger that burns, anger that harms…but also, anger that makes the world better, that paves the way for something new.
James is a designer, a CEO, an activist, an author, and much more. And this memoir shows us the details of how she became those things - which brands she reached out to, which grants she applied for, and which social media campaigns she ran.
“Wildflower” stands up to its name - it fights for life everywhere.
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xoxo,
Simran