Familiar Traces
Directed by Izzy Mana and Enrico Bellenghi, Familiar Traces is a fashion film narrative which explores the internal pressure that second generation Black British youth face from a young age
We Can’t Afford the Price Tag on Affordable, Ethical Fashion Brands
Sustainable fashion has so much potential, but remains inaccessible to many, with cost-prohibitive clothing and questionable business practices. How we can do better in the fashion industry to help both our social and physical environements? Our style odyssey writer Ayah Rashid explains
Pandemic Weddings Offer A New Happy Ever After
The pandemic, despite its horrors, has rejuvenated an alternative approach to meaningful, beautiful weddings, and made it socially acceptable. How can these changes become permanent?
Androgyny Can Reinvigorate Modest Fashion
New in style odyssey, Ayah Rashid explores the confluences of androgyny and modest fashion
DISORIENTED
Italian multimedia artist Giada Rotundo's audiovisual project employs Instagram fashion aesthetics to examine a confused young girl in a technologically disorienting world
Representation: Is It All Just Noise?
New in Style Odyssey, Ayah Rashid examines the fashion industry's shortcomings in advocating for increased diversity
Danshan
Discover Danshan Menswear’s Autumn/Winter 2020 collection. Shot using the artist’s family as models, the series doubles as a family portrait
The Practicality of Uniformity
New in Style Odyssey, columnist Ayah Rashid examines the history of the uniform—clothing so often associated with service workers—as a fashion statement, referencing convenience, fast fashion, and class dynamics
Limpieza pa’ la Tristeza
Cristalina Parra reflects on self-love and skincare in this stream of consciousness poem woven with her native Spanish
Makeup as Healing
“Painting my face is incredibly symbolic for me” – Simone Hadebe shares how makeup helps her exert strength and positivity in the face of mental health struggles.
Tracing Identities
Brazilian artist Tóia Azevedo’s main artistic research is on the concept of identity. She uses her own body to make this search: in self portraits, mixed media collages, embroidery, performance.
Behind the Beautiful Mask: A Collage Series
The entertainment and fashion industries seem like wonderlands of glamour and success. But there is another side to this beautiful story, showcased in this collage series by Natvipa Tejapaibul.
Frida Kahlo, Making Herself an Exhibit
Samantha Neugebauer reflects on her experience of the current London exhibition titled "Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up."
The 126-Year-Old White Gaze of Vogue
Why does it matter so much to have a black photographer shooting the cover of Vogue? Tyler Mitchell is the first in the magazine’s long history.
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.
A Feminist Icon? The Historical Leadership of Coco Chanel
Is this fashion powerhouse truly an effective model of feminist leadership?
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.