LETTER 001
Welcome to Brain Matter, a newsletter by me, Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, where you get a front-row seat into the deepest corners of my brain, raw, unfiltered, and, at times, unhinged. Expect dispatches straight from the trenches of the industry–fashion tips, insider intel, personal narratives and critiques the way they should be: loud, smart, and with zero regard for outdated rules.
Let’s get into LETTER 001:
SHOW NOTES—your backstage pass to my unfiltered, uncut, and (mostly) uncensored thoughts on fashion week.
TRAUMA-RAMA DUMPIANA
Paris Fashion Week had some fucking hands this season. It’s always violent as hell if you’re in the shoes that I fill but…
FUCK IT UP: THE ANATOMY OF A LOOK
I ran into Bergdorf Goodman’s Linda Fargo outside of The Row and she greeted me with what was intended to be a compliment “Look at you in red, white and blue!” A shudder went down my spine, the world crushing implications of repping the United States in the year of our lord 2025 aside– I like dressing in fun, bright colors and prints most of all in Pari…
Oh shit this is gonna be goodddddd