Archives of Fashion

Collecting: Jennifer Birk-Cook, Hats

As a child, Jennifer Birk-Cook says she always loved her family’s tradition of wearing Easter bonnets to church on Easter Sunday each year. And she remembers her first two hats: her cowboy hat, which she wore when her family rode their horses in the Sikeston Rodeo Parade, and an Easter bonnet she wore to church […]
2 days ago

Imperfection: It’s in the details

Art Direction and Photos by Aaron Eisenhauer Modeling by Madelyn Kueker Introduction, Art Direction and Styling by Mia Pohlman   Photo shoots often show women looking perfect. But what if they captured moments that were more true-to-life? In this photo shoot, we capture details that happen to all of us. Here’s to embracing the beauty […]
3 months ago

Sponsored Content: The evolution of denim

Sponsored Content By Deena Ring and Traci Ritter, co-owners of Wish Boutique Denim has become a wardrobe staple, but it didn’t start out that way. More than 100 years ago, denim was the uniform of the working man. Blue jeans were worn to do work. The fabric was durable and wore well. Throughout the years, […]
1 year ago

Childlike Wonder: It’s summertime — have fun!

Modeling by Altyn Timlin Photos and art direction by Aaron Eisenhauer Intro, styling and art direction by Mia Pohlman Long stretches of pretending to be spies or riding bikes in driveway circles or reading Harry Potter outside under the tree with our sib- lings, sweat matting locks of hair to our necks, a timelessness of […]
1 year ago

Hand-me-downs: A lineage of women in my wardrobe

By Jasmine Jones Clothing is made up of lines: Threads weave into fabric. Pieces connect by stitches. Hems tidy the ends, neatly bordering wrists and ankles. Our wardrobes are piles and rows and drawers full of lines. In certain items — the hand-me-downs — another form of line exists: that of our lineage. These items […]
2 years ago

Paper Dolls: Design your own

When I was younger, I loved playing with paper dolls. I loved the beautiful colors and patterns of the clothes, finding new ways to match and mismatch skirts and shirts and pants, imagining the possibilities they represented. Now, paper dolls interest me because they convey more than the trendy clothing styles of a time period: […]
3 years ago

Movement: At one with nature

Photos by Aaron Eisenhauer Words by J’Nae Howard Modeling by De’Vontae Graham, J’Nae Howard and Rebecca Zwick Throughout this collaboration, we discovered the ways our world moves and how to move within it. As we emulate our surroundings through dance, we learn our movement is like nature as we connect with it. We learn our […]
3 years ago

meet the model: J’Nae Howard

Tell us about … Your favorite place to dance:  Most definitely my bedroom. The space may be smaller than a studio, but it’s super cozy, and it is my safe haven.   A time you moved to a new place: The first time I moved to a new place was when I moved into a […]
3 years ago

meet the model: De’Vontae Graham

Tell us about… Your favorite place to dance: My favorite place to dance is anywhere with a mirror in front of me.  A time you moved to a new place: I am from St. Louis and came to Cape Girardeau for college. Being in the circus: The circus was my home away from home. I […]
3 years ago

meet the model: Rebecca Zwick

Tell us about … Your favorite place to dance: My favorite place to dance right now would have to be the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall on the River Campus at Southeast Missouri State University. It is such a special space that is so rare to have the opportunity to perform on. I am fortunate […]
3 years ago