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The Techno-Orientalist, White Feminist History of “Harem Pants” 27 Aug 2013 | 06:14 pm
From Vogue (May 2007) Before there was Jean Paul Gaultier’s kimono bikinis and Tom Ford’s Gucci line of satin jackets with the cherry blossom embroidery, there was Paul Poiret’s jupes sultan or harem...
Meet the Burka Avenger! 26 Jul 2013 | 01:42 am
I’m so excited to have just discovered this new animated series called Burka Avenger that I want to post all the episodes – 13 so far, I think – but for now, will just post the English-language traile...
The Hoodie as a Sign, Screen, Expectation, and Force (EXCERPT) 15 Jul 2013 | 09:41 pm
David Hammons, “Fresh Hell” (1993) The following is the slightly expanded transcript of the comments I delivered on June 25, 2013, at Refashioning Race, Gender, and the Economy, an event hosted by th...
Deja Vu 13 Feb 2013 | 08:08 pm
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!
What Can a Discussion About Fashion Tell Us About America’s Culture of Violence? A Lot. 8 Jan 2013 | 01:34 am
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 ...
INTERVIEW: Tanisha C. Ford, Haute Couture Intellectual 29 Aug 2012 | 08:15 pm
Timed for the new academic year, a few weeks ago Racialicious published “Haute Couture in the ‘Ivory Tower,’” a sharp essay by Tanisha C. Ford about academic chic, whose bodies are imagined to inhabit...
OF ANOTHER FASHION Tote Bag and Giveaway 2 Aug 2012 | 04:16 am
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 10...
EXHIBITION: Tattered and Torn 23 Jul 2012 | 08:48 am
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” (remov...
VIDEO: Willow Smith’s “I Am Me” 3 Jul 2012 | 05:10 am
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 so...
EVENT: Pop-Up Clinic (June 23) 12 Jun 2012 | 11:45 pm
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 pop-u...
