Fashion
Is This Prom Dress an Act of Cultural Appropriation?
Social media can actually be pretty good at hosting heated conversations about racism and sexism.
Zara Pulls Not-Pepe Dress After People Complain That All Frogs Are Now Hate Symbols
Good job, internet liberals, you got huge clothing conglomerate to stop selling one of its few works benefiting indie creators!
#Techstyle: 3D Printing, Customization, and the Future of Fashion
New exhibit at Boston Museum of Fine Arts showcases the promise of technology and fashion.
Ladies, Back In Your Girdles! Gender-Neutral Clothing Is Now a Tool of Oppression
A new Louis Vuitton ad campaign features Jayden Smith in a skirt. That's apparently transphobic.
Muslim Women Who Wear Veils Are Choosing to Be Unequal
Even in liberal democracies, Muslim women who cover their faces relegate themselves to second-class citizenship.
4 Places Other Than Dadeville, Alabama, That Have Tried to Ban Miniskirts
Spoiler alert: it generally does not go so well.
"Clothes are freedom—freedom to choose how we present ourselves to the world; freedom to blur the lines between man and woman, old and young, rich and poor."
Here's what to say the next time somebody rags on about the kids and adults these days with their droopy pants and turned-around baseball caps...
How Michelle Obama's Fashion Diplomacy Punctured India's Color Prejudice
The First Lady's love for fashion exposed Indians to a different conception of beauty
Shikha Dalmia on the Soft Power of Michelle Obama's Designer Wardrobe
How it was a force for good against India's color prejudice
Glamour and the Art of Persuasion
What Barack Obama has in common with a cellophane candy wrapper
Some Kanye West Merchandise Emblazoned With Confederate Flag, "Ain't Coming Down"
How to nurture controversy for profit 101
Apple Hires Former Yves St. Laurent CEO for Special Projects
Speculation's he was brought in for the iWatch
Dolce and Gabbana Convicted of Tax Evasion in Italy
Get suspended prison sentence and 10 million euro fine
St. Louis Forces Fashion Truck off the Road
Anything not permitted is apparently forbidden
Ralph Lauren Admits to Bribery in Argentina
Will pay $1.6 million (which is apparently a fine, not another bribe)
Victoria's Secret Ponders Bra for Breast Cancer Survivors
To help women who have had mastectomies
Feds Hold Armed Raids Against Fashion Counterfeit Vendors
Were the drawn guns really necessary?
Small Signs of Progress in North Korea
The wife of Kim Jong-Un's choice of clothes and changes to how broadcasts are delivered point to the isolated state being less totalitarian