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April 5, 2021

Lena Dunham and the Spanx Liberation Movement

The actor-writer-director-controversy creator is back with a new project: a plus-size clothing line. The whole body positivity thing? She has thoughts. In the 10 or so […]
February 19, 2021

How a Trinidadian Communist Invented London’s 'Notting Hill Carnival'

Advertisement Continue reading the main story Supported by Continue reading the main story Credit…Daily Express/Pictorial Parade, Hulton Archive, via Getty Images How a Trinidadian Communist Invented […]
December 1, 2020

The Best-Kept Fashion Secret of ‘The Crown’

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September 22, 2020

London Fashion Week Gives Good TV

“An artist’s duty, as far as I am concerned, is to reflect the times.” That was Nina Simone, in the vintage video shot that opened Gareth […]
September 19, 2020

On Racism and British Fashion

“I’ve always considered myself an outsider,” Osman Yousefzada said last week, sitting on a park bench near his home in North London. “Often, I’ve also been […]
August 21, 2020

The Pandemic Diary of Naomi Shimada, a Model Returning to Work

Like many, the model Naomi Shimada has been using the extra time at home during the pandemic as a chance to pause and reflect on what […]
August 10, 2020

The British Designer Paying Tribute to the Immigrant Experience

In 1990s South London, a young Priya Ahluwalia would watch as members of her extended family got ready for garage raves, styling themselves in matching two-piece […]
July 21, 2020

Vivienne Westwood Dresses Like a Canary for Julian Assange

LONDON — Four months after Britain went into lockdown, most office workers have yet to return to the City of London. The once heaving thoroughfares of […]
June 18, 2020

This Year, a London Art Fair Will Happen Everywhere

The whole point of art fairs is to gather people from all over the world in one place to look at, and trade in, works — […]
June 15, 2020

So, Was London Digital Fashion Week Any Good?

LONDON — This past weekend was always going to be unlike any London Fashion Week before. There were no live runway shows. No front row, backstage […]