RIHOAS BLOGS

There's a paradox at the heart of fashion right now. The most talked-about trend of the past three years is, by design, the one that refuses to look like a...

Look, skirts are probably the oldest garment humans ever wore. A straw-woven skirt discovered in Armenia's Areni-1 cave dates back to approximately 3,900 BC. Mesopotamian figurines from the Ubaid Period...

For years, we stood in front of the mirror holding my breath. Not because I was trying on something beautiful — but because I was afraid of what the fabric...

The "French Girl" aesthetic isn't going anywhere. If anything, it's gotten louder—but in that quiet, effortless way only the French seem to pull off. I've spent the last three years...

Prom season brings a particular kind of pressure. You scroll through Instagram, see fifteen different "GRWM prom edition" videos before breakfast, and suddenly that $800 dress feels mandatory. But here's...

What does it mean to be "petite size"? At its core, the term refers to height and body proportion rather than weight. In the fashion industry, petite sizing typically applies...

The term semi-casual appears everywhere—event invitations, workplace guidelines, restaurant dress codes—yet nobody seems confident about what it actually requires. Google it and you'll find lists of "acceptable" items, but rarely...

Last autumn I helped my sister get ready for a work gala. She had this gorgeous navy midi dress, stood in front of her shoe rack for maybe twenty minutes,...

I bought my first pair of red shoes three years ago. They sat in my closet for six months because I had no idea what to wear with them. Classic...

I've been thinking a lot about why certain garments endure while others disappear after a season or two. The shift dress is one of those pieces that keeps coming back...

A friend's bridal shower last spring. Twelve women. Three showed up in nearly identical blush floral dresses. Two wore cream—close enough to white that the bride's mom kept glancing at...

You don’t need costumes—just the right styling logic For a long time, I thought “the 1980s” meant neon colors, massive perms, and shoulder pads so sharp they reached your ears.That...