Modern Crafters Rediscover an Old Sweater
Knitting's evolution from necessity to leisure activity is a testament to economic progress.
Fashion
When Your Outfit Is Made Illegal
When fabulous clothes are outlawed, only outlaws will be fabulous.
New York City's Commission on Human Rights Thinks It Can Tell Prada What To Sell. Prada Agrees.
The city's overzealous commission has ordered the company to stop selling dolls some said were racial caricatures.
Privacy-Friendly Fashion for a Surveillance-State Age
You can literally wear your principles on your sleeve while baffling facial recognition technology.
Washington's Recent Fiscal Recklessness Will Look Even Worse if America Is Heading Into a Recession
Plus: Fashion versus the police state, a truce in the Kansas-Missouri border war, and more....
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...
Shikha Dalmia on the Soft Power of Michelle Obama's Designer Wardrobe
How it was a force for good against India's color prejudice
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
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
St. Louis Alderwoman Wants Law Banning Saggy Pants
Can we have a law banning stupid laws?
Dolce and Gabbana Convicted of Tax Evasion in Italy
Get suspended prison sentence and 10 million euro fine
Ralph Lauren Admits to Bribery in Argentina
Will pay $1.6 million (which is apparently a fine, not another bribe)
