Fashion’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
In times of crisis, fashion is rarely at the forefront of people’s minds. As the world attempts to navigate daily life in the midst...
Photo Editorial: Inheritance
"Sentimental value": it's an emotional attachment that can be hard to put your finger on, an intimate sense of connection which runs more deeply...
The 2020 Oscars: Fashion with a Voice
The 2020 Oscars was a night in
which history was made, with Parasite being the first foreign-language
film to win Best Picture, and the animated short...
The Pitfalls of Sale Season Shopping
The end of a season is always a slightly odd time. A season
in terms of the annual fashion cycle, that is. Spring might seem...
Irving Penn: His Life and Legacy
Such was his modern and innovative
approach to the craft that it’s easy to forget that many of Irving Penn’s
world-famous Vogue cover photographs date back...
In Defence of Fun Fashion
There are any number of qualities people tend to associate
with high fashion. “Glamour” springs to mind. “Elegance”, perhaps.
“Innovation”? Sure. These are virtues on which...
Fresher fashion – the conflict between comfort, identity and productivity
A nervous incoming fresher in early October, I can remember
trawling through Oxford student articles desperate for fashion do’s and don’ts
before I packed the world’s...
Dior’s Phoney Feminism
In Dior’s recent haute couture show, models walked down a
looping runway in a large building constructed to resemble a womb. Maria Grazia
Chiuri, Dior’s artistic...
Photo Editorial: Off-Duty Suiting
Fashion in the latter half of the 2010s was defined by the unprecedented cross-contamination of streetwear with the old luxury houses, of the casual...
Jean Paul Gaultier and a New Vision for Fashion
Last Thursday at the Théâtre du Châtalet in Paris, the fashion world came together to celebrate the career of iconic French designer Jean Paul...
The Ghost of Sanders Past: Jil Sander A/W 2020 in Review
Since the initial departure of its peerless founder and
namesake in 2000, Jil Sander has spent much of the last two decades wrangling
with its sense...
Activism and Luxury Fashion in Hong Kong
Louis
Vuitton is the most recent in a string of luxury fashion brands to close down
branches in Hong Kong. The store in question was located...
The Rise of Scruffy Politics
On the night of the 2016 US Presidential election, a group of my friends gathered to watch the event. At our little party, the...
Interview: Calvin Klein
Sonya Ribner sits down with the celebrated designer and businessman.
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