Monthly Archives: January 2012
LINKAGE: Couture’s Chinese Culture Shock
A short comments piece I wrote for American Prospect is finally online! It briefly explores the emergence of a new but not unique stereotype: the tacky Chinese luxury consumer. I consider how we might understand the co-existence of this ugly … Continue reading
Filed under CHEAP CHIC, COUNTERFEIT GOODS, FASHIONING RACE, LINKAGE
Fraught Intimacies: Fashion & Feminism (The Director’s Cut)
In the current issue of Ms. Magazine (Fall 2011) is an article I wrote called “If the Clothes Fit” that explores the everyday uses of fashion as both a tool for women’s empowerment and oppression. This issue should still be available on news stands. … Continue reading
