This Is Not the End of Fashion

Image History and human nature prove we will dress up again. What that looks like is the real question. June 4, 2020 Top, from left: the Dior New Look from 1947; hemlines and cloches from the flapper era. Bottom: the Yves Saint Laurent Ballets Russes collection of 1976.Credit…Getty Images; Shutterstock It is a truth that…

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Second-Wave Feminism

For all of its attention-sucking, data-mining downsides, the internet has held true to at least one of its original promises: connecting disparate groups of people. There’s hardly a better reminder of this than a global health crisis and a national wave of protests. Online, informal support networks have flourished; people are coordinating services for their…

Inside the Nikil Saval Campaign

Nikil Saval is a socialist candidate running for State Senate in Pennsylvania’s 1st district, which encompasses a huge swath of Philadelphia. He used to edit the literary and political magazine N+1, which is to say that he is more bookish than your standard elected-office-seeker. This occasionally gets in his way. During a recent forum about…

How to Celebrate Your Graduation

It’s graduation season — and, understandably, parents, friends, classmates and the graduates themselves are at a loss for how to celebrate. For the 3.7 million expected to graduate high school this year, streaming a commencement address by a prominent politician or celebrity isn’t a substitute for the feeling you get walking across a stage and…

Saying Goodbye to the Modist

The fashion industry is in a state of emergency. This has been made clear not only by the mounting bankruptcies of big-name retailers, but also by the closure of beloved small businesses. These are brands that won’t bounce back. Before the Modist, Noor Tagouri would spend as much as an hour a day browsing fashion…