Ashma John

Earlier this week I came across an article in The Guardian titled “Sex doesn’t sell anymore, activism does”.

I am considering deactivating my Facebook account for a while. The social media platform, which happens to be my daily source of constant news updates is, I believe, starting to have a negative effect on my psyche.

I stayed away from the television last Friday. I knew seeing Donald Trump being sworn as the 45th President of the United States would have driven me up a wall even further as I already find his politics to be burdensome and aggravating.

Time and time again I am reminded that our outlook on beauty—or should I say our perception of what should be deemed beauty—is forever dictated to and influenced by our environment, culture, history and social upbringing among other factors.

As Menswear Week wraps up, I ponder on why my husband showed no excitement towards the newest men’s fashions; there was no latent desirability either.

Happy New Year guys! I trust that you are all recharged and ready to take on 2017.

There are not too many occasions that I deem necessary to warrant me devoting all my energies to looking spectacular.

I suppose it came as a surprise to many that I haven’t written a fashion Christmas wish list but I have grown to believe that consuming just for the sake of consuming takes away from one truly embracing fashion.

It is sometimes easy to ignore the atrocities of the world especially when you or a loved one are not experiencing it firsthand.

This year I find myself to be a tad obsessed with Christmas.

 Earlier this week, my husband and I hosted one of his colleagues for dinner.

We are all guilty of owning at least one thing that we regret buying and more than often the act of remorseful buying happens when we are high on impulse – perhaps our favourite brand may be having a sale or chances are we may have developed some sort of obsession with a particular design style or concept.

My six-week love affair with Russia has come to an end.

The news that Donald Trump was triumphant at the recently held elections in the USA found me whilst I was having lunch with a group of friends who were in support of him.

Sometimes I wonder if wearing leaves were to become a trend, whether Guyanese would jump on the bandwagon without thought or question, like they tend to do with everything that is popular in North America.

Здравствуйте (Hello) This is literally the only word I have been able to pick up in my first two weeks in Russia.

Every now and then I get a pleasant surprise when it comes to local designers and creatives challenging the hypocrisies of society through their creative abilities.

Summer is incredibly difficult to break up with. I think that what I detest the most is changing my colour palette to fall-like colours such as brown and burgundy.

As fashion month concludes in Paris, this season has brought about an incredible amount discourse and dispute among those in the fashion community.

Milan Fashion Week opened with the country’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi pledging his continuing support for the industry.