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Amanda Gorman is the new face of Estée Lauder.

Amanda Gorman is the new face of Estée Lauder.

By Walker Caplan | September 3, 2021

For people who love LIES, here's a laptop case designed like a book.

For people who love LIES, here's a laptop case designed like a book.

By Walker Caplan | August 25, 2021

A Brief History of the <em>New York Times</em> Wedding Announcements

A Brief History of the New York Times Wedding Announcements

Cate Doty on the Evolution of a Society Mainstay

By Cate Doty | May 14, 2021

“A House is Just a Pile of Stuff with a Cover on It.” When Less Really is More

“A House is Just a Pile of Stuff with a Cover on It.” When Less Really is More

Leidy Klotz on How Hard It Can Be to Truly Subtract From Our Lives

By Leidy Klotz | April 30, 2021

20 Famous Writers’ Sartorial Trademarks, Ranked

20 Famous Writers’ Sartorial Trademarks, Ranked

In Honor of the Hard Pants We Will Soon Wear Once More

By Emily Temple | April 23, 2021

The Anxiety of Influence: On the Few Books I Was Able to Read While Writing My Own

The Anxiety of Influence: On the Few Books I Was Able to Read While Writing My Own

Marcia Butler Recommends Jonathan Lee, Akhil Sharma, and More

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This bizarre reality television moment might as well be a scene in a Kafka novel.

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How Virginia Woolf’s Time-Traveling Androgynous Hero Became Shorthand for Fashion’s Genderless Future 

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D’Wayne Edwards on Building a Pipeline for Diversity in Sneaker Design

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When Do Unspoken Social Rules Become Fashion Laws?

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Rooms of Their Own: Where Some of the Best Women Writers Created Art

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The Unmade Edges of Language: On the Poetry of Alvin Feinman

The Unmade Edges of Language: On the Poetry of Alvin Feinman

James Geary: "Alvin’s poems exist at the extreme reaches of speech, the far outskirts of thought."

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Defiant Style: A Story of African Women, in Photographs and Fashion

Defiant Style: A Story of African Women, in Photographs and Fashion

Catherine E. McKinley on the Sewing Machine as a Tool of Empowerment

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25 Essential Notes on Craft from Matthew Salesses

25 Essential Notes on Craft from Matthew Salesses

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