The Contemplative Life
On Slowing Down Production By Elongating Wear
When you make your commitment as a monk, after five or six years of probation, you are officially clothed in...
Laura Gardner
Full disclosure
The relationship between advertising (brand) and editorial (publication) in fashion has never been straightforward. As journalism scholar Lynda Davis argues...
Hacking the System?
As publisher and director of Dazed Digital, Jefferson Hack oversees an editorial and media empire that now incorporates AnOther Magazine,...
In Parts and Pieces
Calvin Klein’s heritage as a brand that attempts to push the boundaries with controversial, sexually-explicit advertisements has seemingly made a...
Walking Taller
A handful of centimetres can have a lot of power in the business of shoes. Recognising a market for well-designed,...
Between Words
Historically, fashion has an uncomfortable relationship with critique: mainstream media coverage by newspapers and magazines often shy away from rigour...
The Best for the Most for the Least
'Idealistically power should lie in the origins of creativity. A true and clear vision is ultimately a source of power....
Blank Looks
Emerging from fashion photography and styling that was intended as more realistic portrayal of fashion, the androgynous waif was a...
Clothes for the Body, Clothes for the Home
An Interview with Susan Cianciolo
In many ways Susan Cianciolo’s work evades a formal category. For the most part she is a designer, but also...
The Bryanboy Gesture
The much-appropriated Bryanboy gesture – one hand at waist, hip cocked with the other hand is held high, proudly clutching...
Imagining Fashion
In Conversation with Adele Varcoe on the Performative Potential of Fashion
Performance is something integral to fashion, in industry, and our everyday experience: from catwalk presentations, photo shoots and red carpet...
The Birkin
In 2011, a ‘Birkin’ bag, the iconic Hermès made-to-measure travelgood, sold for a record price of $US203,000 at Heritage, an...