Sometimes it’s liberating to be naked. Sometimes it’s really really not. Notes, links, and images at articlesofinterest.substack.com

Color. Why we need it. Why we fear it. And where its future might lie. Images and links at articlesofinterest.substack.com Radiotopia’s... more

On stage in Toronto, with the help of shoe designer Aurora James and shoe historian Elizabeth Semmelhack, we go over... more

You and I both know this. The supply chain is super messed up. The way humans make clothing is deeply... more

This is a special re visit of one of my favorite stories: Pockets. Followed up by a special live interview... more

Plus-sized fashion seems to live in a separate trend cycle. There are different patterns, different cuts. And most notably, women’s... more

A secret society. A secret tradition. And a cloth that somehow lends itself to ritual. articlesofinterest.substack.com (I can’t believe that, fatefully, this... more

Himanshu kept seeing paisley everywhere: from his home temple to his couch cushions to his mom’s pants. Some of these... more

This is about two examples of cloth-alternatives. One that went extinct. And one that’s very much alive. This story deals with... more

In the 1980s, Budapest was not quite socialist and not quite capitalist, and there was one fashion designer who thrived... more