‘Freedom’ is a word that is shamelessly overused in fashion media and fashion marketing. The term is a staple of fashion campaigns – which a brief look at ads of the past couple of years can confirm. Freedom is promised to you, the reader and consumer, as long as you buy a freedom-inducing item.

Keywords: Authentic TM, Delusion, Empire of Freedom, Resistance, Rihanna

Opinion

Straps, Cut-outs, Slits

Eroticism and Immodesty in Contemporary Fashion

September 15, 2022

By Felix Choong

Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, Attese (Spatial Concept, Waiting), 1967.

It makes complete sense that the ties and pulleys of this trend conjure to mind a construction site, while the...

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Prose

Skin and Smoke

September 9, 2022

By Tomoe Hill

Harold Eugene Edgerton, Fan and Smoke, 1934. Courtesy ICP.

The great black and gold stoppered boules of Lanvin—Arpège or My Sin on Bette Davis’s vanity in All About Eve,...

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Prose

And Then It’s Cringe and It’s Everywhere

July 11, 2022

By Felix Petty

Xenon Straub, Immobility of the Meat Satellite Precursor, When Legs Are of No Benefit, 2001. Courtesy MoMA.

American Apparel and American Apparel advertisements, CSS, New Young Pony Club, Urban Outfitters, headbands worn across forehands, leggings, Steve Aoki,...

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