Fashion & Art, features

6 Body Positive Bralettes Designed by Women of Color

Shopping for body-positive lingerie can sometimes make your head spin – clicking between a million open tabs from store to store, weighing up all the options (decision fatigue is real), hoping to find something that’s actually in your budget; and before you know it, you’ve sworn off lingerie forever and plan to live in onesies […]

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Being an Eco Hoe™ with Plant-Based Label LAZ

LAZ is a 100% plant-based, ethical and sustainable design brand. In a world of fast-fashion and detachment from the source of our wardrobe, LAZ integrates compassion and sustainability into every creation. The materials used are natural and gentle on the body as well as the planet. LAZ aims to use purely natural textiles and fibers, […]

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Non-Binary Upcycled Fashion in ‘Earthly Identities’

In her collection, Melisa Minca takes upcycled clothing to transform bodies and make bold statements about our desires through non-binary fashion. These characteristics find their origin in the Garden of Eden where the binary roles for sex, gender and power became defined. Here, in this series, the Garden of Eden has been rediscovered and in […]

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Play Out: Challenging Binaries in Underwear Design

Entrepreneurs Abby Sugar & Liz Leifer of Play Out Apparel are pushing boundaries and sparking conversations on gender norms through fashion. For PLAY OUT, queer fashion and gender-equal clothing is not a trend – it is who they are. In their experience, owners Abby Sugar and Liz Leifer have both come to realize that being […]

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CAMGIRL: Isa Mazzei Unveils the Enigma

In an industry still so unknown to many, Isa Mazzei opens the door and lets us in for a peek, providing a raw insight into the world of camming. In her memoir ‘Camgirl’, former sex worker Isa takes the reader on a compelling ride that explores the highs and lows of the sex industry. Be […]

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Step Into Gogo Graham Office Fantasy: NYFW SS20

We sat down with Gogo Graham to learn about her SS20 collection and short film, in which she sonically and visually interrogates what it means for trans folks, particularly trans femmes, to operate in traditional workplaces. ‘Cleo is a myth. Cleo is a woman’ Gogo Graham’s SS20 film, ‘Cleo’s Fable’ begins with these words, solidifying […]

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Berlin’s Collaboration Culture: Melisa Minca x TBM

While New York is known as the city that never sleeps, Berlin is the city that keeps on creating. Amidst the kebab shops scattered across the nitty-gritty streets of Neukölln, and graffiti-covered walls of Kreuzberg, Berlin has boasted affordable housing, a low cost of living and a flourishing creative scene. We speak to Bratislavan, upcycling […]

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