A new draft law on public security includes a clause criminalising the wearing of clothes that might be ‘hurtful to the spirit and sentiments of the nation’.
Labor Senator Jana Stewart at the 2023 Midwinter Ball.
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People in the First Nations fashion industry see their work contributing to cultural tradition, economics and cultural sustainability, and blak pride and storytelling.
A 1953 Chinese Korean War propaganda poster.
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The Mao suit has a fascinating history. Vast quantities of this ‘people’s uniform’ were made for soldiers during the Korean war – which ended 70 years ago today – including Australian POWS.
First panel of The Freak Merchants or, the Bright Young People by Arthur Wallis Mills, published in Punch (1930).
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America’s veneration of gun ownership is seconded only by its commitment to rendering armed Blacks as an existential danger to the civility and structure of America.
In a saturated market, fatigued by gratuitous partnerships such as Nike x Tiffany & Co., this collaboration has been praised for its timeless authenticity.
A trio of tartan designs by Alexander McQueen on display at Tartan at the V&A Dundee.
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The exhibition’s Alexander McQueen garments show how the designer catapulted tartan into the 21st century, reclaiming its potential for resistance and revolt.
We tend to wear our wedding outfits only a handful a times.
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The film conveys an uncomfortable truth: Jordan was merely a vessel for Nike’s meteoric rise.
Bangladeshi volunteers and rescue workers assist in rescue operations 48 hours after the Rana Plaza garment building collapsed on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 26, 2013.
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Ten years after a garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh, scholars find slow fashion practices hold the keys to a more sustainable, joyful relationship with clothes.
Irish actor Paul Mescal sporting a mullet in 2023.
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In the 17th century, the mullet was written about with imperial and racist overtones.
That cheap statement piece comes at a price: the industry has a ‘murderous disregard for human life.’
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We look back to the 2013 Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed 1,124 people and discuss how much — or how little — has changed for garment-worker conditions today.
The extraordinary life of William Astbury: a pioneer of genetics, fashion, and animal welfare.
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