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Fashion as Resistance

It’s never just clothes, and it never has been
October 2023
How to Wear: a Skirt Over Pants

without looking like you’re ready to accept your Teen Choice award
February 2025
Is This Vintage?

A crash course in accessing vintage vs contemporary at a glance
September 2023
OxiClean Left Me On Read

Live, Laugh, Oxygen Bleach
March 2024
What's Up With All the Tiny Vintage?

And why we need to stop saying “everyone was just smaller back then”
September 2023
Who's Who at the Whobilation

Winter dressing inspiration from an unlikely fashion destination
Dec 2024
Colonization Cosplay: The Dark History of an Iconic Mall Brand

Exploitation core and the suburban safari fantasy
November 2024
The Guide to Packing Light

I'm allergic to the domestic baggage carousel
March 2024
Made in America

A brief history of the life & death of domestic apparel manufacturing
October 2023
"Flattering"

Why I’ve been working on removing the word from my fashion vocabulary
November 2023