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Opinion – ‘Pam & Tommy’ helps and hinders female exploitation
The new biopic – shunned by its titular star Pamela Anderson – has raised the question: at what point should we stop reclaiming someone’s experience for entertainment?
Lingering beneath its comedic overtone, Hulu’s new series ‘Pam & Tommy’ unpicks an ominous 90s mega-scandal: the theft and illegal distribution of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s honeymoon sex tape.
Despite chronicling the gross-exploitation of Anderson that followed, the Baywatch star has revealed the
What really happens when we throw our clothes away?
Chile’s Atacama Desert, one of the world’s largest ‘fashion graveyards’, is a stark reminder of where our clothing really ends up. We’re often told that our rubbish doesn’t just ‘disappear’. From an early age, I remember my mum scolding me for throwing litter on the floor, or wasting my food; ‘The rubbish fairy doesn’t just magic everything away!’. As the climate crisis becomes more global concern than radical political theory, this narrative...
The Brooklyn Museum honours the trailblazing world of Virgil Abloh
The Brooklyn Museum’s latest exhibition is an ode to fashion ground breaker Virgil Abloh. In its first Survey Exhibition, the iconic venue celebrates a man who changed global perceptions of race and class in the creative world. The fashion industry and the creative world at large have been in a state of perpetual mourning since designer Virgil Abloh passed away in November. At the time of his death, Abloh was creative...
Opinion – Bottega Veneta campaign is empty culture commercialisation
Italian fashion brand Bottega Veneta marked Lunar New Year with a digital installation on the Great Wall of China. Adorned in the brand’s famous ‘Bottega green’, the marketing stunt has divided opinion about how far we should go in blurring the lines between culture and consumerism. ‘Bottega Veneta Already Won Chinese New Year’ is one headline you’ll see when searching for the Italian fashion house online. Images of its digital...
6 sustainable fashion accounts to follow in 2022
Between Covid variants, a disquietingly sharp rise in the cost of living, and a carousel of Downing Street parties, 2022 may seem like the year of unwanted change. But it’s also an opportunity to implement positive new habits. Perhaps you intend to read more, learn a new language, or strive for a professional goal this year. But besides personal growth, there are also new practices that can change our world...
Opinion – Fashion’s relationship with ‘difference’ is still a toxic one
A video of French brand Sézane exploiting an elderly Indigenous woman for their summer campaign has emerged as the fashion community fervidly mourn the late André Leon Talley. These distinct responses to Otherness prove that the industry’s approach to difference is still a strenuous affair. A video of an elderly Mexican woman dancing to music on an impromptu set for French fashion brand Sézane sparked widespread outrage on...
What Novak Djokovic’s visa battle can teach us about the refugee crisis
Tennis star Novak Djokovic became the target of public scrutiny and international support after the Australian government decided to cancel his visa. But now that a judge has overturned the decision, the player’s dispensation shines a light on our deeply flawed attitudes toward refugees and displaced people.
Serbian Tennis star Novak Djokovic had dreams of playing the Australian Open this week. But these hopes were prematurely dashed when the
The once-cult mobile brand ‘BlackBerry’ finally shuts down
It was once the most sought-after phone of the moment. But now, BlackBerry is just another sign of the times; a window into our relentless wanting for something new. In the 2010s, high flying businessmen, celebrities, and status-hungry teenagers were all bound by one thing: the BlackBerry’s QWERTY keyboard. For better or worse, it offered BBM messaging (pause for nostalgic flashback) and the full breadth of the internet in one...
