Monthly Archives: April 2011
RIP Poly Styrene
X-Ray Spex front woman Poly Styrene passed away yesterday after a long battle with cancer. Germ-Free Adolescents remains on my Desert Island List of Greatest Punk Albums Ever, and Poly is as ever an example. (I still dress like her in … Continue reading
Beach of Passionate Love, 1950s
This photograph has been making the rounds on Tumblr for a couple of weeks. (I found it on a l’allure garconniere.) It seems clear that long-time LIFE magazine photographer Howard Sochurek took this and many other photos on the eastern … Continue reading
On Punk Pants: Duration, Devotion, and Distinction
In my wayward youth –a little over fifteen years now—I had a pair of black, straight-leg denim jeans, a central feature of my small and almost exclusively black wardrobe. Though I wore them day after day, I never washed these … Continue reading
Filed under FASHIONING RACE, SARTORIAL INDULGENCES
VIDEO: “Raina Lee Vs. Infinite Garage”
Korean American cartoonist Derek Kirk Kim has made a mini-documentary about writer Raina Lee and her Infinite Garage Project! As I mentioned previously, Lee offers a snapshot of a world of histories that are both materially accessible but perhaps also … Continue reading
Filed under VINTAGE POLITICS
Good Morning, San Francisco!
This has been many, many months in the making but we’re thrilled to announce that Threadbared is on this morning’s front page of the San Francisco Chronicle‘s Style section! Many thanks to Beth Hughes for a lovely write-up, which includes … Continue reading
Filed under LINKAGE, SARTORIAL INDULGENCES, VINTAGE POLITICS
