The Daily Free Press

Fall 2022 Semester in Review: Behind-the-scenes efforts by former editors of the Daily Free Press

Board of Directors • January 15, 2023

In the Fall of 2022, The Daily Free Press published approximately 550 unique stories, 19 photo galleries and 44 podcast episodes. The most popular piece of the semester, written by Taylor Brokesh,...

Wear Me This: Even catsuits aren’t tight enough to keep out the male gaze

Sujena Soumyanath • December 6, 2021

The re-emergence of the catsuit advertises a glamorous solution to the patriarchy, but in actuality may provide a little less than its glossy veneer.

Wear Me This: Knitwear is not the only thing evolving this holiday season

Sujena Soumyanath • November 29, 2021

Experimentation with knitting — a practice often passed down generationally — can thus act as a good metaphor and avenue to reflect social change.

Wear Me This: Faux pas of the 2010s make the comeback of indie sleaze complicated

Sujena Soumyanath • November 15, 2021

The comeback of the 2010's "indie sleaze" provides fashion with much-needed spontaneity and maximalism, even if that means subjecting ourselves to shutter shades.

Wear Me This: Sabyasachi controversy reveals the frailty of Western inclusivity

Sujena Soumyanath • November 8, 2021

As an American, I can’t help but meet the Sabyasachi backlash with some degree of incredulity. As an Indian, however, I can understand the outcry.

Wear Me This: Leather is an unlikely key to sustainable fashion

Sujena Soumyanath • October 18, 2021

Leather — the classic villain of environmental welfare — could serve as example of how to consume fashion sustainably and mindfully.

Wear Me This: If you’re tired of seeing Docs, bad news, they’re the face of what fashion means today

Sujena Soumyanath • October 12, 2021

To me, the lasting popularity of Doc Martens represents something larger about the way fashion is moving.

Wear Me This: Dark Academia could be the answer to the very problem it romanticizes

Sujena Soumyanath • October 4, 2021

Dark Academia romanticizes an exclusionary era of higher education — but could it also present a way of making these spaces more diverse?

Wear Me This: The death of the cigarette doesn’t mean nicotine and fashion have called it quits

Sujena Soumyanath • September 29, 2021

Let's look past attractive advertising to consider whether the cigarette’s new spawn really should be considered fashionable.