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Khanya Mtshali
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May 17, 2018
This outfit defined an era, created a riot, and was banned by the government
The zoot suit was a…
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Khanya Mtshali
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May 10, 2018
The radical history of the headwrap
Born into slavery, then reclaimed by black women, the headwrap is…
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Luisa Rollenhagen
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Apr 4, 2018
If there had been internet in 1951, this dress would have broken it
When a catty newspaper columnist supposedly said Marilyn Monroe would be better off wearing a potato sack, she did just that
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Khanya Mtshali
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Mar 7, 2018
The revolution will wear a dashiki
How a 1960s Harlem couple popularized Afrocentric fashion and built…
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Stephanie Buck
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Nov 27, 2017
This wild paper clothing trend of the 1960s was the early version of fast fashion
Before H&M and…
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Stephanie Buck
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Nov 15, 2017
The cultural politics of fork usage are surprisingly complex. (Knives down, Americans!)
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Oct 4, 2017
Watch: Wild woman Caresse Crosby invented the modern bra, and lived a glamorous life
She also helped publish the best writers of the Lost Generation
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Oct 3, 2017
Watch: Stilt-walking shepherds were commonplace in this French region
But Landes isn’t the only place with a history of stilts
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Rian Dundon
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Aug 30, 2017
This genius photo experiment shows we are all just sheeple in the consumer matrix
Images from the same…
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Rian Dundon
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Aug 13, 2017
Photos of early Miss Universe contestants are a strange look at Jet Age ideas of multiculturalism
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