Sometimes it’s liberating to be naked. Sometimes it’s really really not.
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Articles of Interest - A Few Shoes [LIVE]
On stage in Toronto, with the help of shoe designer Aurora James and shoe historian Elizabeth Semmelhack, we go over a few shoes- and what they say about ourselves and the world.
Images of all the shoes discussed are at articlesofinterest.substack.com
Articles of Interest - More Pockets
This is a special re visit of one of my favorite stories: Pockets. Followed up by a special live interview with Hannah Carlson, author of the book Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close, to see what’s changed since the original episode came out.
To see images of all kinds of pockets and to stay in the loop on articles of interest, go to articlesofinterest.substack.com
Articles of Interest - Plus Sizes
Plus-sized fashion seems to live in a separate trend cycle. There are different patterns, different cuts. And most notably, women’s shirts often have holes in their shoulders. And this separate plus-sized fashion universe reveals a lot about the way clothes are made and measured… and the way clothes dictate who is allowed to participate in public life.
This episode was made in collaboration with the show Weight For It. Links, images, and more at articlesofinterest.substack.com
Articles of Interest - The Corduroy Appreciation Club
A secret society. A secret tradition. And a cloth that somehow lends itself to ritual.
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(I can’t believe that, fatefully, this is the 11th episode of the year.)
Articles of Interest - Paisley
Himanshu kept seeing paisley everywhere: from his home temple to his couch cushions to his mom’s pants. Some of these products were Indian but a lot weren’t. How did this pattern get embraced by the world?
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Articles of Interest - The Black Fashion Museum
The tricky thing about fashion is that, in order to preserve its history, you need to preserve physical garments. And, alas, closet space is finite, cloth gets sun-bleached and eaten by moths, and Americans notoriously do not care about their fashion heritage. So this is why one woman decided to put a call out across the country and make a scrappy archive all by herself.
This story was reported by Enya Hennings. Pictures, details and more at articlesofinterest.substack.com
Articles of Interest - Prison Uniforms (with Ear Hustle)
Prison uniforms are not, in fact, uniform. There are so many types of clothes that are worn across different facilities… including … some prisons that don’t have uniforms at all.
This episode is a special collaboration between Articles Of Interest and Ear Hustle, dropping on both of our feeds. For images of the Broad Arrow, and to see a prison without uniforms, go to articlesofinterest.substack.com
Articles of Interest - Inside The Factory
On the ten year anniversary of a horrible manufacturing disaster- a look at what has changed, what hasn’t, and the massive secret industry behind it all.
If you’d like to sign the petition from Clean Clothes Campaign, click here or head to articlesofinterest.substack.com for more links and resources on the audit industry and audit deception.
Articles of Interest - On Pointe
The pointe shoe is a design that balances at the very tip of both tradition and innovation. What can make it change?