Around the holidays, this New York Times essay called “Why Is Shopping an Abyss of Blah?”, made its rounds. And I haven’t stopped thinking about it. The lines that grabbed me: “In a world of abundant choice but imprisoning algorithms… Our senses are flattened, our appetites dulled.” The point: “Taste is the fizz that’s missing. […]
The semi-annual EDIT Sale is just weeks away, which means founders Stephanie Bissell, Shelly Landau and Jennifer Shelton are deep in prep mode. The accidental entrepreneurs didn’t mean to start a business, but they did. A decade in, and the semi-annual EDIT Sale is one of Charlotte’s tentpole shopping events. Here’s how the EDIT girls […]
If you don’t know Maria Lumb yet, she’s about to become your favorite person. She’s the owner of Eternal, a new upscale consignment shop off Kings Drive. Backstory: She’s worked in fashion for over a decade at companies like The Real Real, Frame, Isabel Marant and Miu Miu. Not anymore! Maria created Eternal to fix […]
Daniel Gonzalez started taking fashion risks in middle school, and people noticed—good and bad. Some people, especially a young kid, might find that tension confusing, but it’s where Gonzalez found clarity. That strong sense of self is crucial to his clothing design business today. Gonzalez won’t call himself a visionary, but I will, and I’m […]
