Jenni Avins

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Lifestyle reporter for the business news site Quartz

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Expensive ceramics, sack dresses, $30 packets of “Moon Powder.” All of this is part of a new aesthetic writer Jenni Avins calls, “Silverlake Shaman.”

Who are the Silverlake hippies?

Expensive ceramics, sack dresses, $30 packets of “Moon Powder.” All of this is part of a new aesthetic writer Jenni Avins calls, “Silverlake Shaman.”

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New York Fashion Week launched yesterday, and it’s the first season where new management is really making its presence felt.

New York Fashion Week

New York Fashion Week launched yesterday, and it’s the first season where new management is really making its presence felt.

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