Mending at the Margins
Repair in My London Neighbourhood
What Adil was saying is that everyone wants an office-based job. His comment made me think about the contemporary office...
Opinion
The America They Want To See
Fashion is political propaganda. What one hesitates to say aloud - or what may be unspeakable - can still be...
Get Distressed: An Introduction to the Market for Thrashed Clothes
Vintage has never been more visible, but that doesn’t make it any easier to define. There were never hard-set rules...
Living with Disability
Mine is a tricky position; I might be living with disability, but I am not a disabled person. I face...
Clothes for the Millions: A case for workwear in collections and exhibitions
More work would do a lot to recalibrate fashion’s history; making it more inclusive and representative, but also to help...
The Fashionable Woman
Dress, dissipation and flirting make up the questionable lines which enclose the life of the fashionable woman, and which enclose...
meet me by the tir chonaill square, i have something special for you
I was quite pleased when we got married, but my boyfriend didn’t seem so enthused. Perhaps it was because he...
The Philosophy of Dress
I have been sometimes accused of setting too high an importance on dress. To this I answer that dress in...
‘Elevate the human race, putting makeup on my face’
In the age of advanced digital technology, perhaps it is fair to question whether human toil remains the essential component...
MAKE IT TILL YOU FAKE IT
The meaning of luxury has collapsed not only to outsiders but from within as well. In order to tap into...
Joan Didion Wrote How She Dressed
Fashion was an area of play and analysis throughout Joan Didion’s career as a writer. In the relationship between character...
Humanistic Luxury: Falling Short of Change
Humanistic Luxury brands justify their higher luxury margins by the value they bring to artisan communities by engaging them in...