United States My Account Wish List Shopping Bag (0) Search MISSONI HOME Girl's Man Woman Newsletter Missoni Shop online Woman ACCESSORIES COATS DRESSES PANTS SHIRTS-TOPS SKIRTS SWEATERS Beachwear Accessoires Beach Dresses Swimsuits Man ACCESSORIES COATS PANTS POLOS & T-SHIRTS SHIRTS SWEATERS Girl's Missoni Home Themes BATH BED LIVING RUGS GIFTWARE Collections Advertising Moments Missoni Shop online Collections Advertising Moments Visions The Place To Be Style crush Stories Now On Making Magic LAST MOMENTS Magazines Missoni Men’s Winter 2016: Best Features A roundup of the best fashion editorials featuring our Men’s Winter 2016 collection Magazines Missoni Women’s Winter 2016: Best Features A roundup of all the best fashion spreads featuring our Winter 2016 collection Previous Back to STORIES Next Leandra Medine A chat with the Man Repeller founder and maverick fashion blogger The best fashion blogs are the ones that are about so much more than clothes. Leandra Medine’s creation, Man Repeller, was a dissident from the start: from its tongue-in-cheek name to its focus on personal expression and body positivity, the blog was always the answer to a silent question. Let us state up front that “Man Repeller” is the absolute best name for a website ever. Girls with a sense of style often find that the male gaze gets in the way of dressing the way they like. Did you find that, too? Yes! Which is exactly why I called the site Man Repeller to start. But of course it is so much more than that – at its crux, Man Repeller wants to help people feel confident and proud of who they are now. Man Repeller is so much more than a fashion blog now: it deals in body positivity, neologisms, humour, beauty, trivia, lifestyle and so much more. Was it always were you were headed? Hard to say, because I didn’t know what I was doing or what I was building when I started, but what it has become is reflective of my own interests and the questions I ask myself and the stories I would want to read on another website. The website has its own community, people congregate in comments to chat about the article and end up freewheeling. What’s the atmosphere like? It is very special. Often the comments are more interesting than the story itself! We are very proud of the community we have built and have started doing monthly events with our users, it’s been incredible to get to know some of these men and women, they are all so thoughtful and intelligent and have become a really important part of the company were building. What’s a trend that you personally find or have found repulsive in recent years? Every trend has its time and place and of course they’re all so subjective. One man’s trash is another’s treasure, right? I just know I wouldn’t want my treasure called trash, or the other way around. If you had to describe the “Missoni feeling”, what words would you use? Free word association: warm, comfortable, easy, deliberate, smart color, thoughtful. Is there anything from the Missoni Winter 2016 collection that you’ve found yourself craving? The long dresses and thick knits are pretty great! Discover more about Leandra: @manrepeller Text by Giulia Blasi Photos by Adam Katz Sinding FOLLOW US on Newsletter More Missoni Missoni Home Store Locator Customer Care Shipping Returns Sizes Customer Care Site Map Corporate Site Legal Area Privacy Policy About Missoni Powered by YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP - Copyright © 2000-2016 YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP S.p.A. - All Rights Reserved