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Articles of Interest

by Avery Trufelman

Clergy

22.05.2024 • 00:50:48

What Catholic priests wear, and the insight it provides into what we laypeople wear.  For images of what vestments look like and more, go to articles...

Stylists (With Decoder Ring)

06.05.2024 • 00:36:07

In honor of the Met Gala, a special feature. This is an episode I produced with one of my favorite podcasts, Decoder Ring. Together we asked the quest...

Modesty

24.04.2024 • 00:48:58

Why would God care what we wear? A tour through Islam, Mormonism, and Judaism, and all of their varying and overlapping commands.  For more images an...

Nudity

20.03.2024 • 00:49:11

Sometimes it’s liberating to be naked. Sometimes it’s really really not. Notes, links, and images at articlesofinterest.substack.com

Chromophobia

08.11.2023 • 00:47:29

Color. Why we need it. Why we fear it. And where its future might lie. Images and links at articlesofinterest.substack.com Radiotopia’s fall fundra...

A Few Shoes [LIVE]

25.10.2023 • 01:04:30

On stage in Toronto, with the help of shoe designer Aurora James and shoe historian Elizabeth Semmelhack, we go over a few shoes- and what they say ab...

Wearing Hair

11.10.2023 • 00:36:52

You and I both know this. The supply chain is super messed up. The way humans make clothing is deeply messed up. So should we just make garments made ...

More Pockets

27.09.2023 • 00:36:49

This is a special re visit of one of my favorite stories: Pockets. Followed up by a special live interview with Hannah Carlson, author of the book Poc...

Plus Sizes

13.09.2023 • 00:44:33

Plus-sized fashion seems to live in a separate trend cycle. There are different patterns, different cuts. And most notably, women’s shirts often have ...

The Corduroy Appreciation Club

30.08.2023 • 00:52:16

A secret society. A secret tradition. And a cloth that somehow lends itself to ritual. articlesofinterest.substack.com (I can’t believe that, fatefu...