Worth Reading, Worth Knowing- 2.22.12

•  D.C. blogger, Emily Wall's quest to find personal style through scaling back her wardrobe. (Bright Young Things)
• Downer alert: Are your skinny jeans harming your health? Well, so are flip flops, your purse and your Spanx. Don't go back to bed. We'll work it out. (WSJ)
• New York Fashion Week is way over. Anyone wondering about the appeal of the fashion industry needs to take a look at this graphic from payscale.com and behold the economic force of this industry (feel free to email it to your parents if you went to design school).  (via New Brahmin)
• Hole yourself up in a closet. Now write, sketch and design. Jonah Lehrer explains why group brainstorming sessions don't work in the New Yorker.
• Retailers are ordering mannequins in sizes 8-10. The average woman in the US is size 14.   (Glamour.com)