BY: NADIA ZAIDI Amsterdam is one of the most beautiful and whimsical places in the world. But it goes beyond windmills and red lights. It’s one of the most ecologically friendly places to live — and visit. Supporting local farmers…
The Dandy Men: Inside the colourful and expensive subculture of the Congo
BY: NADIA ZAIDI Photo Credit: Daniele Tamagni Most of us probably wouldn’t associate made-to-measure suits, the finest silk ties, and fancy smoking pipes with the areas of the world’s poorest countries. Yet, such a subculture exists in the Congo. Le…
African-Albino models are redefining beauty in the west
BY: NADIA ZAIDI Featured image of Thando Hopa courtesy of Instagram Albinism is one of the most unrecognized and yet scorned conditions in the world. It is inherited, and occurs in all ethnic communities. Today, models like Diandra Forrest, a black-American supermodel…
Build your own capsule wardrobe and give a middle finger to excessive consumerism
BY: SYDNEY KEEFE In recent years the minimalist trend has really taken off. Monochromatic and simplistic clothes and furniture have become the go to of the young and fashionable. But some have taken this minimalist stance a step further and…
Faux fur being sold in UK stores is actually from animals
BY: SHAWNTAE HARRIS Purchasing faux fur is an ethical alternative to looking fashionable and chic without harming any animals. However, some stores in the UK have been selling real fur and passing it off as faux. The fibers of cats,…
Artists are exploring humans’ potential roles in the future’s automated economy
BY: ELIJAH BASSETT As the replacement of manufacturing and other jobs by machines threatens to change the labour market beyond recognition, anxieties about the future of the economy in an age of automation are only growing. But some artists are trying…
Cloth strips, corsets and nipple pasties – The radical evolution of the bra
BY: CHARLOTTE LEFAVE Everyone in the possession of a pair of mammaries understands the struggle of having to contain them with a socially-acceptable wire-based death trap. There are so many rules surrounding these things on our chests, we have to…
“Lolitas” are Japan’s newest subculture with the world’s creepiest name
BY: STEFANIE PHILLIPS A group of women out for tea at a restaurant catch your eye. It’s not because they were talking loudly or because you’re creeping. It’s because they’re all dressed in modest-length, tulle-stuffed skirts with lace corsets. Their…
Entrepreneurs are turning fish guts into fertilizer, fishmeal and fashion accessories.
BY: NATHANIEL ASTUDILLO Fish guts. They smell terrible, look gross and have that slimy texture that makes you consider cutting off your hand after having touched them. How then, are several entrepreneurs making money off of this stuff? The answer…
Why your fashion habits could be destroying art and the planet
BY: ANGIE PICCIRILLO I like to view fashion as art—much like Andy Warhol or the late, great David Bowie. It’s how you express yourself without having to carry around an art gallery on your back. I especially have an appreciation…
Why genderless fashion is both a blessing and a curse
BY: SYDNEY MCINNIS Last week I went to a Ryerson University fashion show called Fixate. The grand total of eight minutes that the models circled the runway were filled with cutting-edge designs where dudes rocked dresses and girls paraded in…
Iowa Barber is encouraging children to read by giving free haircuts to kids that read him stories
BY: KASSANDRA DZIKEWICZ Courtney Holmes is not your typical barber – he is a role model to the children of his community. With school resuming in the upcoming weeks he has taken initiative in preparing children for the first day…
Fast fashion companies treat human lives the same way we treat their cheap consumables
BY: LAURA ROJAS I walk through Toronto’s Yonge and Dundas at least once a week, obscured by the shadow of towering H&M billboards showing beautiful people wearing beautiful clothes, a large “2 for $10” sign reeling every passerby inside.…
Skinny jeans refuse to die and they are killing your nerves
BY: DANIEL KORN Skinny jeans have always been pretty ridiculous. I’m not going to be so naïve as to say that they don’t look good; heck, I tried on a pair in high school once, but my stocky build and…
This TV show made fashion bloggers work in the sweatshops their clothing came from (Video)
BY: ROB HOFFMAN A month long reality TV series was recently produced by Norway’s largest newspaper, Aftenposten, in which popular fashion blogger, Anniken Jørgensen, and avid consumers, Frida Ottesen and Ludvig Hambro, were taken on a surprise trip to Cambodia…
This model with Down syndrome made history on the runway of New York Fashion Week
BY: KHADIJA KHAN Meet Jamie Brewer. She’s known for her compelling acting roles on American Horror Story. Brewer also has Down syndrome. Recently, Brewer strut her stuff down the catwalk during New York Fashion Week. Not only did she don…
This disturbing photo-shoot of heroin junkies will make you re-think modern fashion (Video)
BY: LORAL AMIR AND GIGI ARTZI In the series “Downtown Divas” Loral Amir and Gigi Ben Artzi photographed heroin-addicted Russian prostitutes that they found beneath a bridge, in a city that for the safety of the women, must remain unnamed.…
Is this 55-year old homeless fashionista more stylish than you? (PHOTOS)
BY: YURKO DYACHYSHYN Collected from city trash bins and homeless aid centres, Slavik changes his clothes at least once every day. With each shift in wardrobe, Slavik restyles his beard and hair, always remembering to shave his armpits. In this…
This Crystal Cap Turns Your Head Into A Mood Ring
BY: AYA TSINTZIRAS Proof that fashion can go beyond the functional and become pretty magical: a London, U.K. design firm has created a cap made out of gemstones that tracks brain movement. The Unseen, which calls itself “an exploration house”…