Prose
In the last few years, the word 'feminism' has gained a new currency in the fashion industry. Emblematically written on...
What The Well-Dressed Dyke Will Wear
It is incredible the way our heritage is denied us. I never studied about Amazons in school. Information isn’t readily available,...
BETWEEN THE SELF AND THE WORLD
The sari challenges Western notions of innovation, for the diverse range of possibilities for draping a seemingly simple, standard swath...
The LA Rag Trade
In the L.A. Jobber Market, it is the potential of failure at every fleeting second of the making of clothing...
Contact
Something was up. A fine, soft mold had formed, colourless and clear. It thrived on surfaces beyond my reach. Another...
Dream Spaces
The salesperson re-approaches, grinning widely, dangling a T-shirt with a phallic motif on it. Now we are excited. ‘That’s free...
The Suit
I began injecting testosterone at thirty. When I slipped on the jacket in front of the mall mirror at thirty-two,...
When We Dream About Clothes
On a recent Saturday morning, I dream about clothes. On a single rack in a sparse space hang voluminous skirts...
Fifty Shades Of Matte Gray
Recently, the trend on Sean Cody is flat-fronted shorts and soft, monochrome shirts. The clothes match the sets, which are...
From Style Icon to Fashion Victim
Masculinity and Spectacle in the James Bond franchise
In a new millennium, Bond is faced with many difficult tasks; these have included parachuting into the London Olympics beside...
To Cap It All
In 1977 I bought my first flat cloth cap – in navy cotton twill with leather detailing on each of...
Putting On a Zoot Suit
The zoot suit was an icon of its time, born from the bespoke draped silhouettes of London’s Savile Row in...