Margaret Cirino

Yeah. So I talked to Kat Zhang. She's a culture writer at The Cut. And she previously wrote about this and said something that I keep thinking about.

Yeah. So I talked to Kat Zhang. She's a culture writer at The Cut. And she previously wrote about this and said something that I keep thinking about.

Yeah. So I talked to Kat Zhang. She's a culture writer at The Cut. And she previously wrote about this and said something that I keep thinking about.

It's not just between repression and liberation. When the trend started, I think people were really dealing with return to office mandates after the pandemic, high inflation. People were feeling bad about the economy generally. It's now even more salient, you know, with economic instability due to tariffs and, you

It's not just between repression and liberation. When the trend started, I think people were really dealing with return to office mandates after the pandemic, high inflation. People were feeling bad about the economy generally. It's now even more salient, you know, with economic instability due to tariffs and, you

It's not just between repression and liberation. When the trend started, I think people were really dealing with return to office mandates after the pandemic, high inflation. People were feeling bad about the economy generally. It's now even more salient, you know, with economic instability due to tariffs and, you

Government threats around DEI programs or lost contracts or grants due to doge cuts. There's all these massive changes to the corporate world and fashion is really emotional. So it's not surprising to see people trying to embody nostalgia for a type of power that feels really out of reach at the moment. I talked to culture writer Amelia Petrarca about this. Here's what she told me.

Government threats around DEI programs or lost contracts or grants due to doge cuts. There's all these massive changes to the corporate world and fashion is really emotional. So it's not surprising to see people trying to embody nostalgia for a type of power that feels really out of reach at the moment. I talked to culture writer Amelia Petrarca about this. Here's what she told me.

Government threats around DEI programs or lost contracts or grants due to doge cuts. There's all these massive changes to the corporate world and fashion is really emotional. So it's not surprising to see people trying to embody nostalgia for a type of power that feels really out of reach at the moment. I talked to culture writer Amelia Petrarca about this. Here's what she told me.

Yeah, when I say freakified, I am thinking of this one scene in the You Sexual Music video when FKA Twigs is... like finally freed from the shackles of her office work, like corp core dystopian vibes. We pan out on her row of cubicles and she's on the ceiling of her office and she has this like incredible shaved, spiky, multi-directional haircut and is crawling and writhing around up there.

Yeah, when I say freakified, I am thinking of this one scene in the You Sexual Music video when FKA Twigs is... like finally freed from the shackles of her office work, like corp core dystopian vibes. We pan out on her row of cubicles and she's on the ceiling of her office and she has this like incredible shaved, spiky, multi-directional haircut and is crawling and writhing around up there.

Yeah, when I say freakified, I am thinking of this one scene in the You Sexual Music video when FKA Twigs is... like finally freed from the shackles of her office work, like corp core dystopian vibes. We pan out on her row of cubicles and she's on the ceiling of her office and she has this like incredible shaved, spiky, multi-directional haircut and is crawling and writhing around up there.

And the set is crumbling apart around her. And I kind of go back to this visual a lot when I'm thinking about how other people are pushing the limits of the office siren trend. They're just like getting freakier and freakier with it. Right.

And the set is crumbling apart around her. And I kind of go back to this visual a lot when I'm thinking about how other people are pushing the limits of the office siren trend. They're just like getting freakier and freakier with it. Right.

And the set is crumbling apart around her. And I kind of go back to this visual a lot when I'm thinking about how other people are pushing the limits of the office siren trend. They're just like getting freakier and freakier with it. Right.

For example, you might wear a pencil skirt and blouse or a suit, but then also incorporate a weird haircut or a makeup look or maybe club boots or lots of piercings or these, like, bondage-inspired couture pieces to go along with the office clothes. It's kind of explicitly sexy, too. Like, it's called Office Siren for a reason.

For example, you might wear a pencil skirt and blouse or a suit, but then also incorporate a weird haircut or a makeup look or maybe club boots or lots of piercings or these, like, bondage-inspired couture pieces to go along with the office clothes. It's kind of explicitly sexy, too. Like, it's called Office Siren for a reason.

For example, you might wear a pencil skirt and blouse or a suit, but then also incorporate a weird haircut or a makeup look or maybe club boots or lots of piercings or these, like, bondage-inspired couture pieces to go along with the office clothes. It's kind of explicitly sexy, too. Like, it's called Office Siren for a reason.

It's like a play on power that acknowledges that power's sex appeal and danger.

It's like a play on power that acknowledges that power's sex appeal and danger.