Fabulous, Fabulous, Fabulous
We practice what we call ‘security with a velvet touch.’ We stay in the shadows. The PRs check people in,...
Interview
David Byrne
Most people know the Big Suit, but there were a lot of others. On one tour I wore a body...
You Just Want To Call The Person ‘Sir’
A conversation with the family behind Manny Gammage’s Texas Hatters Inc.
A conversation with the family behind Manny Gammage’s Texas Hatters Inc. 'I’ve seen wills being written up about hats. Once...
Becoming A Lady In the World
On Three Generations of Quinceañera Dresses
The young quinceañera is seemingly always in a ball gown. She is in pink, green, blue or other pastel colour,...
Hello, Welcome. I’m John.
Each Maasai has about six outfits. Men wear robes – we call them shuka – in different colours and patterns....
Talking about Doubt with Virgil Abloh
My investigation, my work, my trajectory speaks, I hope, to a generation of young black people who need to know...
Say Yes to the Dress
Bridal Consultant Debbie Asprea from New York’s Kleinfeld on the Business of Brides
We generally have five appointments a day that happen every ninety minutes. Before each appointment we begin with a brief...
Conversations on Power: Irene Silvagni
Q&A with Irene Silvagni, Former Creative Director, Yohji Yamamoto
Irene Silvagni died on March 23 after a long illness, but throughout her long career she was one of the...
TALKING ABOUT DOUBT WITH ALESSANDRO MICHELE
CREATIVE DIRECTOR, GUCCI, ROME
Fashion can be so… come si dice… autoreferenziale. Self-referential? It’s crazy to me that a creative director should use a...
Women Dressing Men
It is a well-known fact that if you go shopping with a particular item in mind, you’ll never find what...
‘Barbie Changes As We Change’
An interview with Barbie designer Carol Spencer
That day, I started a campaign with my parents to obtain a Totally Hair Barbie, even though up till then...
The last time I wore trads in the West
Moving between continents and cultures like I do requires some skill when it comes to dressing. I remember once, six...