Contributors





Nigel Kipling began his storied career at Runway in 1988 and currently serves as deputy creative director. He oversees visuals and design across all platforms.

Features editor Andrea Sachs helms the development of stories focusing on industry news, sustainability and trends impacting fashion. After a stint as senior editor at The New York Vanguard, where her reporting earned a New York Press Club Golden Keyboard Award, she returned to Runway where she got her start as Miranda Priestly’s assistant.

Haojing Simota is a fashion illustrator, animator and visual artist known for editorial collages that examine power, femininity and self-authorship. Her work blends fashion, art and cultural storytelling. Visit @haojing.co on Instagram.

Young Emperors is a Paris-born, New York–based artist duo working at the intersection of fashion, photography and performance, using social media as both medium and stage. Visit @young_emperors on Instagram.

JaeSuk Kim is a Seoul-born, Sydney-raised fashion illustrator and the creator of the iconic Susu Girls. Renowned for his fashion-forward, playful, couture-inspired practice, he has collaborated with leading luxury houses and is widely featured across global fashion and culture publications. Visit @jaesukkim on Instagram.

As the eye behind @newyorkcity on Instagram, Liz Eswein is a pioneer of the digital age. She has spent a decade building digital agencies and physical brands that capture the heart of the city. Liz lives in the Big Apple with her little rescue dog, Charlie.

Brazilian fashion creator Malu Borges is known for her irreverent point of view. She blends high fashion with real life, sharing runway moments alongside motherhood experiences with sharp visuals, humor and storytelling. From front rows to everyday chaos, she turns style into narrative, always with a signature twist. Visit @maluborgesm on Instagram

Recho Omondi is a fashion commentator and host of The Cutting Room Floor podcast. She covers fashion, culture and power with an eye toward authorship, influence and the ideas the industry quietly edits out and why. Visit @thecuttingroomfloor on Instagram.

Sarah Haidar is a nail artist and content creator known for her modern approach to nail design. She shares nail inspiration, creative ideas and finished looks, giving a closer look at her creative process and perspective across her social platforms. Visit @heluviee on Instagram.

Makeup artist Sarah Tanno is known for redefined, intuitive artistry that enhances natural beauty while pushing creative boundaries. With a roster of longtime celebrity clientele, she blends modern innovation with classic technique, creating iconic looks for red carpets, global stages and major editorials worldwide. Visit @sarahtannomakeup on Instagram.

Utica Queen is a drag artist and fashion provocateur whose work lives at the intersection of couture, surrealism and intellect. Known for challenging conventional beauty and redefining taste, she approaches fashion as performance, protest and high art, making discomfort intentional, elegance optional and originality non-neogotiable. Visit @queenutica on Instagram.