Windhill Journal
a fashion writer's fantasy musings
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A review of Secret by Ayumi Hamasaki
By 2006, eight albums into an already illustrious career as the “Empress of J-pop,” Ayumi Hamasaki would be a priestess to the art of theatre and production value, in all its campy glory. Even Secret was initially announced to be a seven-track EP, eventually emerging as a full-length album and a well-packaged cornerstone of mid-2000’s…
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A review of We Live Inside Your Eyes by Kealan Patrick Burke
Visitations to Trinity Bellwoods’ Little Ghosts bookstore leave my wallet a little lighter, but with new literature, interred in budding a personal horror library.
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A review of Christian Dior SS2023
Maria Grazia Chiuri’s inspirations for Christian Dior’s spring/summer 2023 explores the sartorial senses of Catherine de’ Medici, an Italian-born orphan whose life took an extraordinary turn, eventually reigning as regent queen of France in the mid-1500’s and becoming the most influential woman in 16th century French politics and history.
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A review of The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
I first read Lauren Weisberger’s debut The Devil Wears Prada, published in 2003, around the time of the film adaptation’s apex in popularity. I’m fairly certain I saw the film first, then read the Weisberger’s fictionalized Vogue experience.
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