Leandra M. Cohen

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Founder and Writer at The Cereal Aisle by Leandra Medine Cohen

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The unbeatable chicness of a plain black turtleneck

Jan 3, 2025 | leandramcohen.substack.com | Leandra M. Cohen

Dressed in a black, long-sleeve jersey turtleneck and knee-cap leggings some 3 months ago, I caught a glimpse of my reflection in the mirror of a fitness studio. It occurred to me that I was wearing what could become a versatile winter uniform, made only more true given the context of where I was —On a Pilates reformer.
It’s holly, jolly out there

Dec 20, 2024 | leandramcohen.substack.com | Leandra M. Cohen

It got to be like, 60 degrees on Tuesday and the sun came out after a few days down at around noon or 12:30. It was perfect given where I was walking — through midtown, in the heart of New York’s holiday cheer. But this is the season of chasing time, which makes it hard to pick up on the tacit qualities that unknowingly lead us as we embark on these races against an indefeatable clock.
Making time work for you

Dec 19, 2024 | leandramcohen.substack.com | Leandra M. Cohen

The above is a recording of the below essay. I had a tantrum last Friday morning. I’d just returned home from getting my kids to school and before my baby was going to wake up, I wanted to do 30 minutes of something. But I was in the delirium new moms face when they’re met with a rare, sparkling moment of freedom and don’t quite know what to do with it: open the boxes that are in the hallway? clear the kitchen counter? send off these emails?
Letter of Rec #088: It's cool to copy your friends

Dec 13, 2024 | leandramcohen.substack.com | Leandra M. Cohen

I went to a party last Saturday night dressed in the sequined St. John set shown in Tuesday’s letter, with sheer black tights and these shoes. To offset slippery-slip-slopping, I took a pair of rubbery nipple covers I originally got to wear under a sheer tank top to a wedding and stuck them, adhesive side down, into the slope of the shoe, which to my surprise, totally worked.
i interviewed a bunch of cool ppl and now it's a...print publication??!

Oct 31, 2024 | botharetrue.substack.com | Sari Azout |Yancey Strickler |Leandra M. Cohen |Adam Mastroianni

For the past few months, I’ve been having pretty dope, v vulnerable conversations with people who inspire me. The result, about which I am still in disbelief, is a physical and digital print publication called… Whoa, Vol. 1Conversations To Make You Feel HumanThe zine opens with a lil letter from me which I wanted to share with you all below.
Pregnant in clothes (part 2)

Jun 17, 2024 | leandramcohen.substack.com | Leandra M. Cohen

You know where I think I’m landing with getting dressed is that a pregnant body is most beautiful when it is accentuated. When it can hang how it wants to naturally without the interference of clothing’s compression. This is probably true for all bodies, that they’re most beautiful when they’re not being forced to act out of their nature.
City walks

Jun 14, 2024 | leandramcohen.substack.com | Leandra M. Cohen

I recently developed a routine where I drop my kids off at school in the morning then come home to pee and change into clothes that overlap somewhere on the Venn diagram of making me feel like a well-dressed version of myself (it motivates me) but also accommodating my walking for as long and as far as my feet will take me.
Pregnant in clothes (part 1)

Jun 11, 2024 | leandramcohen.substack.com | Leandra M. Cohen

When I’m in the presence of women who are finished with this cycle of their lives — have either resolved they will not have more kids or that they will not have them at all, I am extremely aware of their power. There’s a sort of force that comes to a woman who is recognizing that she has her life back. That from here on out, there are no more breaks — no deliberating, no stopping, no physical surrender. This is it. It’s just her and her dreams with nothing but space to bridge in between.
The street report: What people are wearing this week on the corner of 85th and Madison

Jun 4, 2024 | leandramcohen.substack.com | Leandra M. Cohen

The thing that stops us while we’re walking to mentally clock an aesthetic detail on a stranger walking past you is usually the result of one of two things. The first could be the dynamic way they’re wearing something. When I stop to clock, it’s because the look (or a flourish from the look) tends to feel anonymous and so unique to the wearer. That’s what makes it engaging. I think as humans it just feels good to witness other people being themselves with no regret or apology.
The real upside of inspiration, the feeling that comes with what you’re wearing and pop-up shop season in ny

May 31, 2024 | leandramcohen.substack.com | Leandra M. Cohen

There’s got to be some kind of formula or system that explains why sometimes when you search The Real Real, you are endowed the gift of great, reasonable finds that do not come with the labor of voracious surfing while other times it can feel like a desert.