Friday is National Thrift Store Day, and secondhand stores nationwide will be offering deals to encourage people to give back by shopping. But while people have been repurposing worn-out clothing for ...

In the basement of the theater building on the campus of Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, Kiki Smith is walking alongside the gray lockers that sweep the perimeter of the room. "So all ...

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Clothing, in our troubled modern times, is considered a fairly trivial thing. It’s incredibly easy to buy, wear, and discard without a thought. And perhaps in the face of climate change, the threat of ...

The history of capitalism has, in a sense, always been the history of clothes. Derek Guy is perhaps the most prominent contemporary commentator on traditional men’s clothing — where it came from, what ...

As a youngster, Teresa Knutson dreamed of becoming a fashion designer but discovered her talents actually lay in constructing clothing and then later in curating historical fashion. “When I was a ...

Introduction. The origins and significance of Catholic clothing in America -- 1. The clothes make the man : clerical and liturgical garmenture, 1830s-1930s -- 2. Women religious on American soil : ...

Today, down jackets built for K2 are worn on the school run, premium waterproofs pop up in pubs and patterned fleeces adorn every high street. This photo book asks how did we get here? The post ...