While today's 2000s-inspired Office Siren aesthetic is all about embracing corporate pencil skirts and button-downs, the young professionals of the late noughties had a bit more of a playful approach to their style. In "Miss Intern 2007," Vice Magazine profiles the fashion sensibilities of several 20-somethings interning across the arts and humanities to find out what they were wearing and what their gig entailed:
I've been holding onto these Drake quote posts from itsirrational.tumblr.com for some time now but didn't really have any plans to share them........until this morning when I woke up and discovered the Kendrick vs. Drake beef ascended to a whole new level. In light of Kendrick's scathing diss (and Drake's response by saying he's going on vacation.....?) I'd say these posts have aged phenomenally.
Around this time of year, I always find myself returning to my 2014 tumblr archives. It's hard to overstate the degree of obsessed I was with this aesthetic back in the day, to the point where the months of April and May are permanently embedded in my brain as "American Apparel tennis skirt and striped t-shirt season." This obsession spilled over into my life by way of cluttering my desk with "aesthetic" succulents and begging my mom to buy me frilly socks and jelly sandals from Urban Outfitters (she eventually relented). I can't help it, this aesthetic just screams "spring" to me, and I wanted to indulge my nostalgia for a moment to relive my daily scrolls on tumblr and majestic casual-soundtracked car rides to school. Even though it was a decade ago, I remember it like it was yesterday:
There's no denying that old-school Wildfox knew how to make a lookbook. For their spring 2009 collection, OG founders Kimberly and Emily decided to create an editorial inspired by the 1992 classic Dazed and Confused to showcase their retro-inspired clothing. Follow along below as the models engage in senior skip day antics, fight at a '70s inspired carwash, and chill together in an empty track field:
