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Big bad weddings
Ann Lipscombe Ann Lipscombe

Big bad weddings

These anti-testimonial stories aren’t meant to bum you out, but to empower that little feeling in your stomach that just doesn’t want to deal with the whole mess of a big wedding but still feels some pull toward it. Heads up: that’s the wedding industrial complex and it’s meant to sell you shit you don’t need.

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My imaginary best friend’s wedding
Ann Lipscombe Ann Lipscombe

My imaginary best friend’s wedding

The strike is OVER. Hacks is PROBABLY going to be back for a 3rd season. So, naturally, this installment of “My Imaginary best friends wedding” is all about Kiki.

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Cakewalk Approved (Halloween edition)
Ann Lipscombe Ann Lipscombe

Cakewalk Approved (Halloween edition)

Category is: little white dresses. WHO SAYS you can’t wear your wedding dress on Halloween. And no, I’m not gonna tell you to go as Marilyn Monroe or Juliet or any of the other lame-o played out characters we’ve seen a million times before.

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Cakewalk x Aurate Collection
Ann Lipscombe Ann Lipscombe

Cakewalk x Aurate Collection

We’ve been crushing on Aurate for a while now—like us, they’re a New York brand that was founded to make a complicated, expensive industry simple, accessible, and cool as hell.

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In the mood
Ann Lipscombe Ann Lipscombe

In the mood

The last heat wave of the summer is over. It’s 60 degrees. We’re goths now and this week's mood board round-up reflects that.

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Time and place
Ann Lipscombe Ann Lipscombe

Time and place

New York City is a legendary music town. It birthed countless genres – jazz, hip-hop, punk, disco…not to mention the laundry list of iconic venues, artists, and movements that have shaped the global music landscape rooted here. 

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My imaginary best friend’s wedding
Ann Lipscombe Ann Lipscombe

My imaginary best friend’s wedding

I probably google “Zoe Kravitz High Fidelity outfits” once every 2 months or so. Each time I think “this is it – this is the time I master cool-girl style”. It hasn’t quite worked yet, but I’m trying. But, if she were to get Cakewalk married (she totally would), here’s how I think it’d go.

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In the mood
Ann Lipscombe Ann Lipscombe

In the mood

This week we’re obsessed with statement jewelry, statement hair, a mysterious & untraceable wedding photographer, the biggest earrings you can imagine, and getting tattooed on your wedding day.

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