fashion | The Walrus

July 29, 2019October 10, 2019 - by The Walrus Staff

Appearance shapes the way the world sees us. But what does it say about who we really are? The Walrus contributors consider how we disrupt, define, and ultimately celebrate what we see in the mirror

Three rows of identical women standing together

The Beauty Conversation

The Perils of Professional Dress

July 29, 2019September 30, 2019 - by Erika Thorkelson

What women’s workwear standards reveal about our attitudes toward class, gender, and body type

Politics

Donald Trump and the Politics of Dressing Badly

June 10, 2019July 6, 2019 - by Stephen Marche

His ill-fitting clothes are the visual representation of a world leader who will not take advice

Illustration Juxtaposing an Image of a Thread of Cloth in the Laundry Room Against the Same Thread Polluting the Ocean

April 2018 / Environment

How Our Clothing Poisons the Environment

March 20, 2018August 9, 2019 - by Tina Knezevic

Microfibres are the scourge of our waterways. One man in Nova Scotia says he has a solution

January/February 2016 / Technology

Green Is the New Black

December 15, 2015September 7, 2017 - by Jessica Johnson

Fashion envy in the age of crowdsourcing

July/August 2015 / Technology

Machine Chic

June 25, 2015July 1, 2016 - by Haley Mlotek

Can wearable technology actually look good?

September 2013 / Society

Modelling Agency

August 22, 2013July 11, 2016 - by Alexandra Kimball

Coco Rocha’s contradictions are changing the power dynamics of fashion

Arts & Culture / September 2010

The Canadian School

September 12, 2010October 9, 2019 - by Jessica Johnson

A new generation of designers marries the local with the avant-garde

June 2009 / Society

Consumed

June 12, 2009October 1, 2018 - by Jessica Johnson

New research gets at the root of our celebrity obsession

April/May 2004 / Society

Shop Till You Transcend

April 12, 2004April 27, 2017 - by Carey Toane

At the annual International Dubai Shopping Festival, consumption is the main event