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New Order

by Karen Bolilia - March 17, 2017 - 12:00am

The outdated rhetoric that print is dead is, well, dead. While it’s true that mainstream publications continue to fold, struggling to find new revenue streams and translating their voice to digital, independent...

The new order and the new consciousness

by Karen Bolilia - March 17, 2016 - 10:00am

What does Demna Gvasalia’s reign say about fashion’s state of mind?

Oh, the horror!

by Karen Bolilia - October 29, 2015 - 10:00am

There are real fears — mine are snakes, getting stuck in a bathroom cubicle with no way out, and next year’s presidential elections.

All pleasure, no pressure

by Karen Bolilia - October 8, 2015 - 10:00am

If you build it, they will come.

Editors we eye

by Karen Bolilia - September 3, 2015 - 10:00am

Fashion month has rolled around, and so will the round-the-clock coverage on Instagram of every show, model and attendee that will be present for the bi annual festivities.

Is this the end of minimalism?

by Karen Bolilia - August 13, 2015 - 10:00am

Normcore has come full circle. The runways now contradict the generic, pedestrian style it peddled.

The importance of the fashion critic

by Karen Bolilia - March 20, 2015 - 12:00am

When fashion obscures talent (or the lack thereof), to whom do we turn for discernment?

Here it comes, the designer fatigue

by Karen Bolilia - March 6, 2015 - 12:00am

In a recent interview with Suzy Menkes for Vogue, Marc Jacobs declares that young fashion now “just looks like a cliché: salad oil in the hair, Frankenstein shoes and the trappings of punk and all these...

How to make a silkscreen print

by Karen Bolilia - August 22, 2014 - 12:00am

If, like me, you’ve dreamt of making a personalized shirt a grade above the ones you wore with your barkada in high school — with that cheeky-yet-design-conscious prototype you’ve been working on,...

What does your prom dress say about you?

by Karen Bolilia - February 7, 2014 - 12:00am

I confess: when it comes to the subject of prom, I can’t help but delve into mine first (#Millennial). We had a cheesy theme — Greatest Story Ever Told — and I had no date. I was asked, though,...

Seven gifts to give this season

by Karen Bolilia - November 29, 2013 - 12:00am

Is there a place more eager to celebrate Christmas than the malls?

So you want to work in fashion?

by Karen Bolilia - September 27, 2013 - 12:00am

Lauren Conrad laid down the building blocks of my desire to work in fashion.

Doin’ it right

by Karen Bolilia - July 19, 2013 - 12:00am

That’s the thing about DIY it’s a coach and cheerleader in one. It won’t coddle you, but it builds you up with sporadic assurances that, as it turns out, you’re not too shabby.

Back to basics

by Karen Bolilia - April 19, 2013 - 12:00am

It started as a way for me and my friends to size up our own kind.

Dressing to the nines: Young Star’s style guide to prom

by Karen Bolilia - January 18, 2013 - 12:00am

I guess I can always trace my formal wear philosophy to my junior prom.

The girl who played with fire

by Karen Bolilia - November 16, 2012 - 12:00am

Patricia Prieto is burning a book in front of me, and she seems to be really enjoying it. Maybe too much, for her own good — especially since this little bonfire of hers is going to come out in a national...

Gossip, girls, and burn books: What the hell just happened here?

by Karen Bolilia - November 2, 2012 - 12:00am

It’s always strange when life starts to imitate art. 2004’s Mean Girls was no masterpiece, but it did the job of capturing just how toxic it can be to be well, a girl.

Addressing the dress code

by Karen Bolilia - July 13, 2012 - 12:00am

I can’t blame my dad.

Young Star Exclusive:All adventurous women do

by Karen Bolilia - June 22, 2012 - 12:00am

The last time we saw Zosia Mamet on television, she was in Mad Men as Joyce Ramsey, a pot-wielding, lesbian photo editor at Life magazine who’s kind of friends with Peggy Olson.

How to lose friends and alienate people on the first week of school

by Karen Bolilia - June 8, 2012 - 12:00am

Trust me, that particular time of my life wasn’t pleasant.

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