Clothes are commercial objects, but as soon as they enter our wardrobes they start to get imbued with personal meaning, and when we put them on our bodies we imagine the ways they’ll mediate between us and the world, translating what’s going on inside of our heads and hearts into something publicly legible. | | | | | American dog, 2013. (istolethetv) | | | | |  | “Clothes are commercial objects, but as soon as they enter our wardrobes they start to get imbued with personal meaning, and when we put them on our bodies we imagine the ways they’ll mediate between us and the world, translating what’s going on inside of our heads and hearts into something publicly legible.”
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 | Racked |
| A cornucopia of nasty women T-shirts, Snow White costumes, and pantsuits. | | |
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 | Dazed Digital |
| From Supreme to Marc Jacobs and Vogue, designers and publications alike have stood up and spoken out. | | |
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 | The Boston Globe |
| The color references the long fight women waged to gain the right to vote, an official color of their suffrage movement. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Whether it’s a red tie or scarf in support of Donald Trump or white pantsuits for Hillary Clinton, here is what some readers wore on election day. | | |
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| Dazed Digital |
| Brendan Fowler’s Election Reform clothing injects political dissent into streetwear style - here, the artist opens up about the project. | | |
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 | Vogue |
| Rendered invisible in so many accounts, they were in fact doubly brave, fighting a dual oppression--marginalized, trivialized, humiliated, and dismissed for being both black and female. | | |
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| The New York Times |
| How the Latina icon became a makeup phenomenon, more than 20 years after her murder. | | |
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 | WWD |
| Yasuo Yoshikawa took an assignment and stepped into a world of politics. | | |
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 | Fast Company |
| The Democratic nominee's look has inspired social media posts, flash mobs, and even at least one new business. | | |
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 | Co.Design |
| Why else do humans ever do anything? To impress our peers, or to avoid feeling ashamed of ourselves. | | |
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| Racked |
| What do you wear when you want to feel powerful? | | |
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 | National Museum of African American History and Culture |
| What to wear when making history. | | |
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 | New York Magazine |
| The pantsuit is having its day in the sun. | | |
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 | Fashionista |
| From royal dressmaker Normal Hartnell to the English designer who may have invented the mini-skirt, learn about 10 influential, 20th-century designers you've probably never heard of. | | |
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