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Designing A Writer’s Outfit, Pt. I

In which I started designing an outfit for myself because I got bored of my sweatshirt and cargo pants combo, which I wore to work everyday for almost the entire holiday season.

The Earhart: A Masochist’s Journey

A tale of creative pain and suffering encapsulated within a single garment

The Silk Bible

The continuously-updated fabric guide to silk for modern fashion design

A Summer Retrospective

In which I revisit summer-appropriate looks that spanned almost a decade

We Need to Change Because The Big Guys Won’t

It is time we recognise that we live in a rentier fashion ecosystem. Corporate earnings are funnelled to the upper echelons off the backs of workers from distant lands. There’s no changing the status quo unless we figure out how the game works.

“It’s The Economy, Stupid”: The Rise of Neoliberalism and Its Control on Fashion

A look into how this predatory form of transnational capitalism manipulates fashion industry for the benefits of the 21st century landlord class