Prose
I found different host bodies until he finally settled into one, like locating that rare impossible blood-donor match. I finally...
The Phantom Jacket
The persona of the architect first emerged in the Renaissance, when the discipline forcibly elevated itself above the building trades,...
Aquanautica: Fathoming Futures of Underwater Apparel?
Can we fathom a framework for underwater fashion? Iconographies of underwater pursuits and their accompanying imaginaries find frequent form in...
Retail Therapy
And it is the most unsure customers that I remember best: Sarah, who was looking for her perfect denim jacket,...
Chinese Life And Fashions
In modern hats and dresses the details always have a point – to bring out the color of the eyes,...
Dressing Like a Madwoman
There are two photographs of Amanda Bynes on my desktop titled 'covers.' In one she is wearing a combination that...
How It Is
American Poet Maxine Kumin wrote this poem in 1974, after the suicide of her friend, the poet Anne Sexton. During...
A Mixture Of Guns And Chiffon
Dressmaker Lizzie Morrin made waistcoats and jackets with hidden pockets so guns and weapons could be smuggled unobtrusively. Catherine Byrne...
A Copy of a Copy
Ms. Fen, a wholesaler, has glossy black hair and nails. She is twenty-eight years old. When we meet, she pulls...
Silicone Selves
When you order a silicone sex doll online, a giant, coffin-like box arrives. Inside, a headless doll lays naked, skin...
A FEMALE THING
In the new millennium, fashion can no longer be credibly characterised as a mere hobby for aristocratic women with little...
ACTING AS IF
Even while the current zeitgeist relentlessly schills artisanal, organic, authentic, handmade, crafted, made-with-love, ethical products to clothe ourselves and our...