Fashion
Discover Palestinian history and resistance through fashion. Beyond conflict, artisans and craftsmen use clothing to tell their stories. From the keffiyeh scarf to Tatreez embroidery, Palestinian fashion symbolizes resilience. Designers like Yasmeen Mjalli and Zaid Farouki blend tradition with innovation, showcasing the beauty and power of Palestinian culture in every stitch.
„In a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female. The determining male gaze projects its fantasy onto the female figure, which is styled accordingly. In their traditional exhibitionist role women are simultaneously looked at and displayed, with their appearance coded for strong visual and erotic impact so that they can be said to connote to-be-looked-at-ness…“
Playing with forms and volumes, Maryam Keyhani crafts the most ravishing headpieces: eccentric, sculptural, and elegant.
Like many others, a career in the fashion industry was somehow inevitable for me. But the defining moment was certainly Dries van Noten's SS15 collection. 16 years old me, was glued to her laptop screen, savouring the pure artistry of his designs.
Get ready, Berlin! Zalando and Converse are teaming up to bring a unique shopping experience to the city with their pop-up air stream this week. From June 19th to June 22nd, the air stream will show up multiple Berlin locations, celebrating the latest Y2K and late ’90s fashion trends. You ask if we’re not tired […]
Reflecting on Tumblr's Golden Age: A nostalgic look back at the internet culture of 2014.
How does one become Karl Lagerfeld? We might never know.
Anouska Anastasia’s ultra masculine manicure Despite having never much explored the vast world of nail artistry myself, my own nails resembling that of a full time manual labourer, earlier this year, nail artist and Instagram sensation Anouska Anastasia caught my eye during a nightly Tiktok scroll – and I was not alone. The video in […]
The use of Catholic iconography, borrowed from the centuries-long history of religious art, in fashion is as captivating as it is controversial. But the marriage between these two cultural entities goes way further back than the #catholiccore mood boards, with one of its original catwalk moments tracing all the way back to 2007: that year Jean Paul Gaultier S/S couture fashion show.
The time of the girl boss is dead and the era of the bimbo has arrived. But is she really the queer, abolitionist, anti-capitalist figure we need her to be? While the bimbo offers a refreshing change from the lean-in, profit hungry, Kim Ks of the world, this figure’s political status may be more ambivalent than its proponents profess. Are we pro-bimbo? Yes, no, and maybe. Find the full read in bio or head to our homepage.
