Fear of a Chinese Luxury Consumer Market
One of the biggest financial news stories right now is China’s economic boom and the rise of the Chinese luxury consumer. In 2011, the international accountancy firm Ernst & Young reported that...
View ArticleLINKAGE: New Essay!
Some news! An article I wrote last year called “‘Susie Bubble is a Sign of the Times’: The Embodiment of Success in the Web 2.0 Economy” is now available online at Feminist Media Studies. In it, I...
View ArticleThe Seam Ripper Comes Out at Night
This month, I’ve been loving my friend Jessamyn Hatcher’s research, called “Deep Wearing: Affect, Materiality, and the Politics of Fashion.” Her exploration of the post-consumption life of clothing...
View ArticleA Pyre to Privilege, Not An Invitation to Gendered Shaming
Clint Eastwood’s teenage daughter Francesca and her photography boyfriend Tyler Shields (who seems to have a thing for images of beaten-up looking women like this one of a blooded Lindsay Lohan and...
View ArticleEVENT: Pop-Up Clinic (June 23)
Start digging in your attics, basements, the backs of your closets, and your family archives for photos and textiles – and join us at the Human-Textile Wellness Initiative and Of Another Fashion...
View ArticleVIDEO: Willow Smith’s “I Am Me”
Last night at the BET Awards, Willow Smith (the incredibly talented eleven year-old daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith) debuted her new song and video, “I Am Me.” Smith has described the...
View ArticleEXHIBITION: Tattered and Torn
Here are some photos from a really wonderful exhibit I just saw at Governors Island called “Tattered and Torn: On the Road to Deaccession”. The dresses on display here are being “deaccessioned”...
View ArticleOF ANOTHER FASHION Tote Bag and Giveaway
As most of you know, I have another online project called OF ANOTHER FASHION that began several years after Threadbared launched. The crowdsourced project is doing so well (over 3oo submissions and...
View ArticleWhat Can a Discussion About Fashion Tell Us About America’s Culture of...
Like so many others, I’ve been thinking a lot about gun control in the wake of the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Although the discourse around gun control can be sometimes mystifying, if not...
View ArticleDeja Vu
2013: From the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue 2001: From the Donna Karan Spring/Summer ad campaign Fashion photography (and I’m using the term very loosely to include SI) is sooo innovative!
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