Not Just a Fashion Statement: How Purses Are Used as Political Tools

Not Just a Fashion Statement: How Purses Are Used as Political Tools

Kathleen B. Casey Explores the Connection Between Black Women’s Purses and the Civil Rights Movement

By Kathleen B. Casey | August 21, 2025

Rejected pitches for </br><em>The Devil Wears Prada 2.</em>

Rejected pitches for
The Devil Wears Prada 2.

By Brittany Allen | July 28, 2025

Eden Lost: Nin Andrews on the Pains and Rewards of Writing a Memoir About Her Father

Eden Lost: Nin Andrews on the Pains and Rewards of Writing a Memoir About Her Father

The Author of “Son of a Bird” Tells the Story of a Family of Facades

By Nin Andrews | April 29, 2025

Bold and Boundary-Pushing: How to Dress Like David Bowie

Bold and Boundary-Pushing: How to Dress Like David Bowie

Natalie Hammond Offers a Few Tips to Bring Rock Star Style Into Your Wardrobe

By Natalie Hammond | March 26, 2025

Finding My Literary Style (with a Little Help From My Mother)

Finding My Literary Style (with a Little Help From My Mother)

Kelly Sather on the Stories Clothes Can Tell

By Kelly Sather | October 28, 2024

From Torpedo Bras to Whale Tails: A Brief History of Women’s Underwear

From Torpedo Bras to Whale Tails: A Brief History of Women’s Underwear

Nina Edwards Explores the Popular Reception of Thongs, Bras, Boy Shorts and Other Intimate Items

By Nina Edwards | October 24, 2024

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Fashionably Old: Lyn Slater on Aging With Attitude

Fashionably Old: Lyn Slater on Aging With Attitude

“It’s time to write a new story, to reuse in imaginative ways garments that already hang in my closet.”

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Jean Jullien's enormous blue bookworms are a work of literary (and capitalist) delight.

Jean Jullien's enormous blue bookworms are a work of literary (and capitalist) delight.

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Anna Sui's new collection is inspired by Agatha Christie, so obviously the runway was at the Strand.

Anna Sui's new collection is inspired by Agatha Christie, so obviously the runway was at the Strand.

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What’s Old is New Again (and Again): On the Cyclical Nature of Nostalgia

What’s Old is New Again (and Again): On the Cyclical Nature of Nostalgia

Tobias Becker Explores Popular Culture’s Continued Revival of the Past

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How the Humble Pocket Came to Signify Feminist Liberation

How the Humble Pocket Came to Signify Feminist Liberation

Hannah Carlson Explores the History of Women's Pockets

By Hannah Carlson | September 12, 2023

Kate Strasdin Talks Fashion, Fabric, and Femininity in 19th-Century England

Kate Strasdin Talks Fashion, Fabric, and Femininity in 19th-Century England

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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Style icon Dolly Parton is telling the inside story of her fashion journey.

Style icon Dolly Parton is telling the inside story of her fashion journey.

By Jonny Diamond | March 23, 2023

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