fashion | The Walrus

Ditch the Sweatpants

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 - by Josh Greenblatt

The business of fashion is in crisis. But as our lockdown outfits get weirder, they’re also closer to representing who we really are

A boy and girl groom a large, fluffy alpaca. In the background, the sun shines on a small grove of trees.

Business / March 2020

The Age of Alpacas

February 6, 2020March 27, 2020 - by Ellen Himelfarb

Step aside, sheep: alpaca fleece is the new star of sustainable clothing

The Beauty Conversation

July 29, 2019December 18, 2020 - 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, 2019June 12, 2020 - 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, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Tina Knezevic

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

Music

What Happened to Celine Dion’s Wardrobe?

July 29, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Isabel Slone

The Canadian singer’s unlikely rise to the altar of high fashion

January/February 2016 / Technology

Green Is the New Black

December 15, 2015April 7, 2020 - by Jessica Johnson

Fashion envy in the age of crowdsourcing

Society

Between Two Stitches

November 24, 2015October 23, 2020 - by Stephen Marche

A brief history of Canadian sexuality through Trudeau sweaters

Comics / December 2015

Our Ever-Changing Moods

November 18, 2015January 2, 2020 - by Jillian Tamaki

Connecting to (or disconnecting from) others, with clothes