“Women who criticize other women for dressing hot are seen as criticizing women themselves…”
It’s not good manners for women to tell other women how to dress; that’s...
Category Archives: Clothing
“Memewear has its roots in fandom, though it’s a limited precedent”
Memewear has its roots in fandom, though it’s a limited precedent. In the 1960s,...
“School dress codes and fashion magazines are in precisely the same business: policing female clothing, as part of a larger project of policing women’s bodies”
…there is a difference between religious authority figures who dictate how you must dress...
“Where the basic hoodie means to defend against the elements, the protest hoodie seeks to offend the right people”
Where the basic hoodie means to defend against the elements, the protest hoodie seeks...
“In a cardigan or a crew neck, this model is just another model. In the hoodie, he is a folk demon and a scapegoat, a political symbol and a moving target…”
In a cardigan or a crew neck, this model is just another model. In...
“The hooded sweatshirt emerged as a pop political object after decades of mundane hard work”
The hooded sweatshirt emerged as a pop political object after decades of mundane hard...
“Given the muted elegance of the product…it was inevitable that the fashion system should snap up the chambray shirt and recontextualize its appeal”
Given the muted elegance of the product — the delicacy of its drape, the...
“What was a cultural monolith fragmented into many niches, and the official language of hose gave way to a Babel of vernacular”
Those people who find hosiery a pain are free to renounce it, while those...
“With an earful of foam, rush hours become office hours, but quieter still”
To use Mack’s Soft Foam Earplugs, you roll them like boogers between your thumb...
“The modern hosiery era began with the democratization of silk stockings, which were once on the verge of seeming a contemptible extravagance”
The modern hosiery era began with the democratization of silk stockings, which were once...