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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: Color blocking’s comeback coincides with mental health challenges

Sujena Soumyanath • October 24, 2021

People may find it helpful to take a page out of the adventurous and thrilling practice of color blocking.

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.