‘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...
Interview
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...
A Conversation with Murray Hill
Growing up, I had no consciousness of gender but at a certain point in school we were separated by it,...
Leaving Home, Part Three
A Conversation with Mohammad Saeed 'Clothes are very important because people always look at what you wear. They don’t think...
Leaving Home, Part Two
A Conversation with Abdul-Wahed Daaboul 'All my clothes were taken: my jacket, a T-shirt that my best friend gave me...
Hello, Welcome. I’m John.
Each Maasai has about six outfits. Men wear robes – we call them shuka – in different colours and patterns....
Get your rear in gear, and do something
A Conversation with Curtis Sliwa of Guardian Angels
I came out of the era of the ‘60s and ‘70s. You had the Black Panthers, you had the Young...
A Conversation With Rick Owens
Fashion is popular because it’s a mystery. It’s the ebb and flow of the subtle things we propose as designers,...
HOW TO PLEASE A CUSTOMER
'An actress who lives in California brought in a dress that felt like hard paper, a material you couldn’t really...
Ten girls for the price of one
Pat Cleveland talks about the Eighties
In a way, we’re just bags, full of spirit, and then somebody puts a label on and you get out...
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...
Why am I here?
Antonin Tron talks about Atlein, sustainability, doubt and bullshit
People expect clarity of vision from a designer; a lot of people come to fashion for reassurance. Sometimes people just...