A Copy of a Copy
Ms. Fen, a wholesaler, has glossy black hair and nails. She is twenty-eight years old. When we meet, she pulls...
Prose
Silicone Selves
When you order a silicone sex doll online, a giant, coffin-like box arrives. Inside, a headless doll lays naked, skin...
A FEMALE THING
In the new millennium, fashion can no longer be credibly characterised as a mere hobby for aristocratic women with little...
ACTING AS IF
Even while the current zeitgeist relentlessly schills artisanal, organic, authentic, handmade, crafted, made-with-love, ethical products to clothe ourselves and our...
Draping the Feminist Revolution
In the last few years, the word 'feminism' has gained a new currency in the fashion industry. Emblematically written on...
What The Well-Dressed Dyke Will Wear
It is incredible the way our heritage is denied us. I never studied about Amazons in school. Information isn’t readily available,...
BETWEEN THE SELF AND THE WORLD
The sari challenges Western notions of innovation, for the diverse range of possibilities for draping a seemingly simple, standard swath...
The LA Rag Trade
In the L.A. Jobber Market, it is the potential of failure at every fleeting second of the making of clothing...
Contact
Something was up. A fine, soft mold had formed, colourless and clear. It thrived on surfaces beyond my reach. Another...
Dream Spaces
The salesperson re-approaches, grinning widely, dangling a T-shirt with a phallic motif on it. Now we are excited. ‘That’s free...
The Suit
I began injecting testosterone at thirty. When I slipped on the jacket in front of the mall mirror at thirty-two,...
When We Dream About Clothes
On a recent Saturday morning, I dream about clothes. On a single rack in a sparse space hang voluminous skirts...