Expecting
It’s been a year since my first miscarriage, and the summer sales have returned. I buy a loose kaftan, I...
Prose
Blue Polyester Hug
Giving my grandfather a hug, even as an adult, was something I did almost every time we visited him for...
Beggars And Choosers
Carlo is concerned about his looks; it’s important to him how his ‘outer shell’ – his coat – appears. Decent...
What Fashion Is Not (Only)
Fashion is often characterised as a representation of society, its ‘most precise reflection.’ Yet, specular reflections are optical illusions based...
Moths
Next I take out my morning suit – made in 1938 by Airey and Wheeler of 129 Regent Street for...
The Grey Agenda
Bolton and Browne are two of the most influential men in fashion today. Both of them are gay and both...
All The Ways Mascara Runs
What Erotic Thrillers Have to Tell Us About the Parallels Between Hedonism and Fear
Movies about sex are also movies about power; the way women in these films are dressed says something about the...
A Runner’s Relapse into Online Shopping
I shopped like it was my job. It proved my organisational skills and my ability to distinguish tacky from trendy....
The Clothes horse
Watch, as the mother breaks away from the herd, refusing to be tamed by her new role. The transition...
Dressed up and Laying Bare
In a plane of crisp sunlight that angles down through the door frame, and dissolves into rust-coloured shadows settling across...
Moths
Next I take out my morning suit – made in 1938 by Airey and Wheeler of 129 Regent Street for...
Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood
I remember, when I was at school in 1902, walking at the back of our Sunday crocodile, and seeing all...