May 13, 2019
For Sale: Wedding Dress, Worn Once
There’s an irritating coyness to the language around wedding expenses: they’re not expenses at all, they’re “investments.”
“A Modern, Up-to-Date Young Woman”: Shopping, Fashion, and the Rules of My Girlhood
All the fashion rules I learned as a girl were informed by the view that women’s bodies are never okay as they are—they always need fixing.
Jul 26, 2018
My Suits Helped Me Try on Another Life, But I Don’t Need Them Anymore
Sometimes I still think about my suits and the life I could have had. Now I work for myself, and my standard uniform is jeans and a T-shirt.
Apr 12, 2018
Mapping My Body with Sewing Patterns
“The clothing I produce may be simple, but it belongs to me and my body in a way nothing else can.”
Jul 19, 2017
The Woman Scared of Her Own Kimono
I feel unworthy to wear the uniform of my inheritance.
Jan 10, 2017
