Betwixt and Between
Catwalk shows hardly ever begin on time. Delay, anticipation and deferment are traditionally part of the routine. Waiting for the...
Prose
Colour Codes
Flagging is a way of communicating basic information without needing to speak. Bandanas are soft introductions. They are self-labelling devices,...
A Pair of Sneakers
How many miles of endless asphalt haven’t I covered in these shoes, and in how many cities? This pair of...
The shaping of Indian-ness
How Vogue India reiterates right-wing rhetoric
Vogue India, with its four million online readers and audience of seven million on social media, mostly catering to educated...
The Reasonable Shopper
I never knew when or what I was going to lift. The Time to Take was a calm, concrete feeling...
Static Speed
If the fashion show and pose are essentially historic, tied to the modernist movement of the twentieth century, then maybe...
Model Status
Celebrities who are famous for being famous often try to distance themselves from the shallowness of their fame by emphatically...
Thoughts on Proximity, Progression and Proportion in Street Choreographics
Despite the state rhetoric of ‘locking down’ our physical movements haven’t been suspended, they have adapted: adapted to demonstrate our...
THE TYGER IN THE CHANGING ROOM
‘THE ACCURSED SHARE’ REVISITED IN TIMES OF THE DIRECT–TO–CONSUMER FASHION ECONOMY
The surplus of time and money of the Upper East Side clientele is mirrored in the quiet and calm behaviour...
Fashion and the Fleshy Body
Individuals feel a social and moral imperative to perform their identity in particular ways, and this includes learning appropriate ways...
The Instagrammable Shopping Centre
As the service industry has taken over goods, the parameters of conspicuous consumption have also shifted. The ‘lifestyle experience’ is...
Neutrals and Neons
My mother has not held a job in nearly fifty years. This is not because she chose to be a...