Hello and Happy New Year! 

My most sartorial resolution this year is to say yes to last minute plans even if I’m not dressed and ready for the occasion. In most cases, the outfit will adapt. So far, I’ve spent my first day of 2025 dancing into the early morning to soul 45s, jumping into the ocean in my underwear, eating vareniki and khachapuri in Brighton Beach, getting drunk at the American Girl Doll Cafe, and writing up this newsletter. To ring in the new year, I asked some people I greatly admire to tell me their 2025 Fashion Resolutions and I’m so excited to share with you what they came up with!

“What is your fashion resolution?”

Leah Abrams: ​​My goal in 2025 is to stop beating my shoes into absolutely violent disrepair. I need them to last longer than 1 year!!!!! Pls!

Molly Elizabeth Agnew: To embark on a hopeless endeavour to finally find my perfect pair of denim jeans.

Heather Akumiah: My fashion resolution is to go into the fucking office for once! Which doesn't sound fashion-related, but hear me out-- remember when we had to get dressed (with the intention of being seen by people whose opinions we cared about) every single day? It just made me way more familiar with the possibilities of my closet. It made getting dressed feel like less of a fraught, stressful occasion. I gotta get back to that.

Regana Alicka: Stop using all black as a sartorial crutch!!!!

Daisy Alioto: to get a haircut 

Roxy Baker: more: confidence, layering textures. less: throwing spaghetti at the wall.

Chris Bartee: less clothes, more accessories

Greta Bea: More outfit repeating. I wanna be a cartoon character. 

Nitisha Bhatt: Wear more colors

Savannah Eden Bradley: My New Year's fashion resolution is to start dressing&feeling&indulging in little glamours all the time. Even when working from home, I really do get more work done when I wear real pants and a full face of makeup (do not tell Camille Paglia). I don't think the end goal of beauty is productivity, but I do think a great outfit can help you feel more connected to the aesthetic world and, through that, help you feel more energized and disciplined. This is my long-winded way of saying I will be wearing jeans again.

Lakyn Carlton: My 2025 fashion resolution is to be more myself. I have so many great and unique pieces that give me a sense of pride and that truly reflect who I am, and, though I thought I wouldn’t fall victim to the whole “well, I’m 30, now, I need to be a little more sophisticated”—not to mention, I’m dating again, and, surprisingly, I seem to care about whether I “scare men off” (what?!), I’ve still, somehow, fallen into the habit of playing it too safe when putting outfits together lest someone not take me seriously as a the girlboss (non-derogatory) I am. But, no more! I’ll be wearing all the wild combinations I put together in my head, as well as styling my dressier and statement pieces more casually. Basically, I’ll be getting back to the girl I was when I didn’t care if I was too “over the top.” The girls that get it, will get it! 

Sophie Carter: Perhaps this is not a very exciting one, but this prompt got me thinking about fashion resolutions being committing to the difficult things you know you need to do (even though I suppose ‘resolution’ don’t have to be defined that way). But for that reason, I’m resolving to rid myself of items that I absolutely treasure but that haven’t fit me in years and can’t be let out. Most of these things (mostly cool skirts/dresses) are articles of clothing that I thrifted and are really unique, and even though I haven’t fit into them in years, I struggle to let them go both because there’s nothing like them and because I struggle to let go of that version of my body… and that sucks! I want to give them to friends who will actually wear them, and I’ll resolve to get the delight out of seeing them loved that they are not bringing me from the storage container under my bed.

Rachel Coster: Buy less buy better and look richer

Madison E. Goldberg: My new year’s fashion resolution is to incorporate more of my personal style into my professional life. While professionalism is important, so is wearing outfits that reflect personality. I love upcycling, thrifting, and shopping vintage, and I’m excited to keep that going in 2025!

Elizabeth Goodspeed: My New Year’s fashion resolution is to surprise myself more with how I dress. I’m actually quite happy with the clothes I own, but I find that I wear most of them in the same way every time; the red boiled wool cardigan always goes with with the long white skirt, the short op art dress goes with the same black cowboy boots, etc. While there’s nothing wrong with being a chronic outfit repeater, I remember as a teenager spending hours in front of the mirror each week playing dress up, trying skirts as dresses and clashing patterns together (eat your heart out Tavi Gevinson), then laying out my fun discoveries as outfits for the school week. While I don’t know if I need to go quite this far in 2025, I wouldn’t mind borrowing a little bit of this spirit: finding new ways to put whatever I already own together, wearing more special stuff without needing a reason (even if I am working from home or just going out to walk the dog), pulling things out of the way depths of my closet I can’t get rid of but never remember to wear, and just generally putting outfits together with the same kind of DIY experimentation I used to bring to my personal style.

Madeleine Haas: My only fashion related New Year’s resolution is to take good care of my Uggs and wear them as much as possible.

Nicole Lipman: In 2025 I want to waste as little as possible! I sew most of my own clothes, so this largely looks like using up fabric in my stash instead of buying new materials. But it also means tending to repairs in my closet, passing on clothes that no longer work for me to friends and strangers, and choosing things to make with intention instead of following trends. This year I'll keep dressing boldly, joyfully, freakishly—just (hopefully!) waste-free, too.

Andrew Muller: Dress for the occasion more.

Audrey Neyer: Wear more ties!

Ana Beatriz Reitz: In personal terms, my New year’s fashion resolution for 2025 is probably to keep my closet more organized — I’ve always had trouble with that. And perhaps take more risks — a little audacity never hurt no one. As for the industry in general, I hope it could more diverse and inclusive. I'm not just talking about model casting. I'm talking about designers, photographers and writers too — we could use some change!

Olivia Linnea Rogers: My new years fashion resolution is to compliment someone out loud when I think to myself “I like her outfit” or “Love those shoes”! Wanted to do this last year but was too shy haha! Think it will be a great way of brightening someone’s day hopefully and starting conversations!

Charlie Squire: My New Year’s fashion resolution is to completely ditch the idea of “flattering” and instead focus entirely on interesting, cohesive, historical, fun, comfortable, strange, etc. etc. etc

Ruby J. Thelot: Life is short. Cop the grails.

Lauren M. Vaccaro: Makre more of my accessories instead of buying them. My goal is to crochet more in 2025.

Monica Wagner: In 2025, I’d love to reduce my wardrobe by 50%.

Genevieve Wagner: I’d love to be more innovative with items I already own. Like one of those “how-to’s” I’d see in Lucky magazine (RIP <3) growing-up, I want to think of 6 different ways I can wear my blue Oxford shirt, or how I can creatively layer items I own to make new outfits.

Riley Wells: My resolution is to become more thoughtful with my fashion choices, though there are a few practical ways to implement this idea. For example, before I move house in June I need to clear out my wardrobe, so while I’m at it I'm thinking of making a Clueless-style digital lookbook so that I don't keep raiding the Urban Outfitters sale rack. The pieces I buy first hand also tend to be the ones I wear the least before I donate them. Sometimes I don't wear them at all. To that end, I’m resolving that every time I want to buy a new item of clothing, I should look for it secondhand first and leave it in my basket for a month or so. By that point the novelty will have worn off and I’ll be left only spending money on pieces I truly love.

Ivy Wolk: My New Year’s fashion resolution is to wear really shocking outfits on red carpets. I want to look ridiculous.

I really loved reading Mandy Lee's three fashion resolutions that we should all adopt this year:

I’d also recommend reading the replies to Cora Harrington’s fashion resolutions thread:

And lastly, I want to wish all Star Mail readers a sensational 2025 full of splendors big and small. ✨