i want to wear a qípáo too
“culture-repairers don’t want to read just dead white men or / wear them—so make this qípáo’s slit awful high!” – in a work of jazz poetry, Samantha Neugebauer thinks through the dilemmas of globalization and cultural appropriation.
Japanese Connections at the Louvre Abu Dhabi
A review of the new Japanese art exhibition at the Louvre Abu Dhabi.
Travelers & Artists: What Happened to the Give & the Take?
We are all guests in the lives of others, and we ought to treat our hosts with not only respect, but also with genuine interest, especially if we travel far to meet them or decide to make art from their lives.
A Black Power Emblem is Sold at Forever 21
New in style odyssey, Vamika Sinha takes us through Harlem to the Schomburg Center, and explores the beret’s history within the Black Panther movement.
Why Write About Fashion?
This article marks the introduction of a new Postscript column called Style Odyssey which will feature critical and creative discourse on various aspects of fashion as an art, concept and industry.