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Labor
Asian Garment Workers Take On Big Fashion
Mar 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.
Race
‘Black Is Beautiful’: Identity, Pride and the Photography of Kwame Brathwaite
Apr 19, 2019 A new look at the activist impresario and photographer provides a positive guide for building community.2019 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award: Third Place, Commentary Analysis/Trend—Books/Arts
Hey, Victoria’s Secret: Cultural Appropriation Isn’t Hot. It’s Wrong.
Dec 1, 2017 Stealing or misappropriating Native culture is a problem in the fashion world. Hiring indigenous people would solve it.John Oliver: Trendy Clothes Are So Cheap We Don’t Care About the Exploited People Who Make Them
Apr 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."
Rick Perry Called ‘West Coast Metrosexual’ for Taking Off His Cowboy Boots
Jul 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.
American Apparel Cuts Controversial Founder Dov Charney Out of His Company
Jun 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.Russell Brand Banned From Awards Party for Speaking Truth to Rich People
Sep 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.
France Investigates Abercrombie’s Sexy Salesmen
Jul 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.
Bangladesh
May 7, 2013
WTF? Beyonce and Anna Wintour Chair Punk Couture Exhibit
May 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."