Rachel Tashjian

New York City

Fashion writer in the Style section

Education: University of Pennsylvania, BA in English and art history

Rachel Tashjian is a fashion writer for The Washington Post's Style section, covering fashion and style on the runway, red carpet and street, and in the media and politics. She is also the creator of Opulent Tips, an "invitation-only" newsletter with a cult following providing shopping and personal style advice. Previously, she was the fashion news director at Harper's Bazaar, where she profiled leading designers including Miuccia Prada, Maria Grazia Chiuri of Dior and Nicolas Ghesquière of Louis Vuitton. She was a 2023 ASME nominee for her reviews and criticism. Before that, she was GQ's
Latest from Rachel Tashjian

Apple Martin and the strange enduring spectacle of debutante balls

The daughter of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin was showed off at Le Bal des Débutantes.

December 2, 2024
Apple Martin at Paris Fashion Week in January 2023.

How an unusual kind of department store is reinventing shopping

Dover Street Market, which has locations around the world, aims for the serendipity and desire that’s been lost in the search for what to wear.

November 27, 2024

    Limited Too is launching a collection for adults

    The tween-focused brand Limited Too is back. So we asked Post Style writers: What did you wear in middle school, and would you wear it today?

    November 18, 2024

    The news, now in neon color

    Television journalists like Kaitlan Collins, Abby Phillip and Linsey Davis are changing expectations of what it means to look feminine and authoritative.

    November 15, 2024
    CNN's Kaitlan Collins wearing one of her pink suits earlier this year. (Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

    These pets — and their fashionable owners — are ready for their close-ups

    Pet owners and their friends from across the animal kingdom are the subject of photographer Ari Seth Cohen’s new book, “Advanced Pets.”

    November 13, 2024
    Nazare, Eduardo and Jack.

    Donald Trump dressed like a garbage man. That’s rich.

    Trump’s costumes — a trash collector, a McDonald’s worker — are impactful, at least visually, because they show how his cartoonish impulses function.

    October 31, 2024
    Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. president Donald Trump poses in a garbage truck wearing an orange high-vis vest before a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Wednesday.

    The most powerful fashion designer you don’t know about

    Chitose Abe of Sacai is the most powerful fashion designer you don’t know about, thanks to her ability to fuse street and salon style.

    October 25, 2024
    Abe in one of the T-shirts she washes by hand. (Pooneh Ghana for The Washington Post)

    Ex-CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch arrested on sex trafficking charges

    Former Abercrombie & Fitch chief executive Mike Jeffries and two others were arrested Tuesday in connection with a criminal sex trafficking investigation, according to two sources familiar with the case.

    October 22, 2024
    Michael Jeffries speaks at the annual National Retail Federation conference in New York in 2014.

    Giorgio Armani is eternal, for better and worse (mostly better)

    Giorgio Armani’s clothes haven’t changed in 40 years, but a rare New York show reminds that he invented modern fashion, including the quiet luxury trend

    October 18, 2024

    Victoria’s Secret thinks ‘sexy’ is back in fashion

    Victoria’s Secret staged its first runway show since 2018, and it brought back original models to the runway.

    October 16, 2024