Annika Lautens

1 week ago | fashionmagazine.com | Annika Lautens

As a millennial, I’m an unapologetic capris hater—but it wasn’t always this way. Once upon a pastel pink bedroom, I was captain of Team Capris. For the better part of a decade, my uniform was as follows: graphic tee, pedal pushers, Puma sneakers, a Duff Stuff backpack and an Eggo waffle in hand. Besides the obvious need to emulate Hilary Duff, the Olsen twins and other aught style icons, as a tall girl—and one that was especially tall for her age—wearing purposefully short pants felt intentional.

1 week ago | fashionmagazine.com | Annika Lautens

The airport may have become a sartorial dead zone, but that doesn’t mean you have to follow suit. With summer in full swing and travel plans calling, it’s the perfect excuse to elevate your in-transit look—think breezy separates, supportive sneakers, and a statement tote that’s as functional as it is fashion-forward.

2 weeks ago | fashionmagazine.com | Annika Lautens

I have a theory about wrap skirts: everyone has one, yet no one knows where they got it. My friend and I were recently comparing our rogue fashion pieces. Hers was a mysterious navy plaid kilt that could either be a family heirloom or a throwaway deal from a thrift store. Mine—a tropical sarong that resembles a SpongeBob and Patrick sartorial sandwich—was purchased either for a university beach holiday or gifted by a very generous brand.

3 weeks ago | fashionmagazine.com | Annika Lautens

Here’s a cosmological conundrum for you: what do a Cavalier King Charles spaniel and a shooting star have in common? Or perhaps roses and owls, or couture-like lace and over-the-top hearts? Nothing, you might think—and you would be right. It’s a constellation of improbable connections—wholly personal, delightfully illogical—where memory and imagination entwine into something inimitable. In other words, the inner world of Caroline Scheufele, Chopard’s Artistic Director.

4 weeks ago | fashionmagazine.com | Annika Lautens

Are there still secrets left in London? Surely not, as it’s one of the most visited cities on the planet. And yet: on a recent trip to the English capital and Windsor, I found myself discovering many new—or rather old—destinations, so shrouded in secrecy I would never have found them on my own. For instance, have you ever been horseback riding on the Long Walk of Windsor Castle? I certainly hadn’t—and as an editor at FASHION, I’ve been to the UK my fair share of times.