Ed Rampell / TruthdigSep 13, 2023
Bethann Hardison & Frédéric Tcheng on bringing black beauty out of the shadows and onto the runways in "Invisible Beauty." Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Jacob Horwitz / Inequality.orgMar 1, 2023
A new international campaign is targeting fashion brands that spend vast sums on stock buybacks instead of compensating workers for lost pandemic wages. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Jordan Riefe / TruthdigApr 19, 2019
A new look at the activist impresario and photographer provides a positive guide for building community. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Chelsey Luger / TruthdigDec 1, 2017
Stealing or misappropriating Native culture is a problem in the fashion world. Hiring indigenous people would solve it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 27, 2015
“Fast-fashion” retailers H&M, Zara and Forever 21 have exploited desperately impoverished people around the world to make trendy clothing “cheaper than ever, and cheap clothing is trendier than ever," says John Oliver, host of HBO's “Last Week Tonight." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigJul 3, 2014
Apparently Texas Gov. Rick Perry is taking a beating from his state's answer to the fashionista, in the form of land commissioner and fellow Republican Jerry Patterson. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 20, 2014
There was a time, around a decade ago, when American Apparel's brand seemed to be enhanced, at least on the business side, by the pervy sensibility of its founder and charismatic leader, Dov Charney. Those days have apparently passed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigSep 10, 2013
The comedian, who received the ironically titled Oracle Award from GQ last week, went on to poke fun at his hosts, the fashion world and event sponsor Hugo Boss, who made the Nazis "look fucking fantastic." He was banned from the afterparty. Judging by this video of his speech, Brand probably welcomed the disinvitation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigJul 27, 2013
You shouldn't have to be good looking to sell clothes, says France's official human rights organization, which is investigating clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 1, 2013
It's hard not to imagine a genuine punk rocker gagging a little bit on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's new exhibition "PUNK: Chaos to Couture." Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 31, 2012
Fox News used the words "deceiving" and "dazzling" to describe Paul Ryan's speech at the GOP convention; British support of possible American military intervention in Syria could signal another blunder as terrible as the Iraq War; meanwhile, Israeli ex-soldiers finally admit to heinous treatment of Palestinian children. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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