The Return of the Scrunchie; A Dancer on Leaving San Francisco

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· How to transform a 200 sq. ft. apartment into 600 [The Bold Italic]
· Makeshift Society is now open in Brooklyn [SF Girl by Bay]
· Why choreographer Todd Eckert is leaving SF [Hoodline]
· Amazon patents photography against a white background [Racked]
· Meet Niche, the company that's helping social media stars make millions [Racked]
· Did Coachella kill festival fashion? [Irish Times]
· Maison Martin Margiela does wallpaper [Fashion Gone Rogue]
· All herald the return of the scrunchi [BeautyCounter]
· There's an epidemic of celeb yoga Instagrams [NYP]
· Topman now offering men's gym clothes [GQ UK]
· Nowness releases a video in praise of thigh gap [Fashionista]
· Gwyneth Paltrow partners with dry bar Blo [Fashion Mag]
· Why stores insist on using super-skinny mannequins [Guardian]
· Rise in alpha sizing, or why more clothes are being made in s, m and l [WSJ]
· Advisory group speaks out against reelection of most of Target's board [NYT]