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Books Briefing
How Outfits Define Those Who Wear Them
Kate Cray
December 3, 2021
Inheritance
Always the Gold Sandal
Charles Harbison
September 16, 2021
Culture
The 1970s Fashion Designer Who Was Outlandishly Ahead of His Time
Jason Heller
May 12, 2021
Material World
America’s Most Hated Garment
Amanda Mull
December 8, 2020
Health
Fashion’s Racism and Classism Are Finally Out of Style
Amanda Mull
July 7, 2020
Politics
How to Cut Your Own Hair
Adam Harris
April 3, 2020
Health
How Jeans Got Weird
Amanda Mull
October 23, 2019
Technology
The Two Most Mysterious Words in Modern Shopping
Joe Pinsker
September 6, 2019
Health
Scrunchies Are Little Rainbow Reminders That Millennials Are Old
Amanda Mull
September 5, 2019
Family
Toward a Universal Theory of ‘Mom Jeans’
Ashley Fetters
August 28, 2019
Culture
Isabel Toledo: Beyond the Michelle Obama Dress
Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
August 28, 2019
Health
The Future of Marketing Is Bespoke Everything
Amanda Mull
June 11, 2019
Health
The Case for Boring Office Clothes
Olga Khazan
June 10, 2019
Culture
How Rihanna’s Fenty Line Is Challenging Luxury-Fashion Norms
Tanisha C. Ford
June 7, 2019