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Fashion Behaving Badly: Racist Designers + Collections
You think that every time a designer, collection, blogger, etc does something racist that the whole industry will take the hint and curb (i.e., take a good, hard look at their beliefs and do some...
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A Few Questions for New York Fashion Week 2013
Oh, fashion week. We’re not sure if we’re more obsessed with the runway collections, street style snaps, or designer antics. In any case, here are a few questions that we always try to keep in mind...
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Japan Up & Down: A Few Thoughts on the Flare Magazine March 2013 issue
By: Emily Yakashiro Since The Closet Feminist is a Canadian site, I am very much interested in the Canadian fashion scene, whatever it may be. As such, I subscribe to all major Canadian fashion...
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Conscientious Dressing for the Oscars: An Open Letter to Celebrities
Dear Celebrities, First and foremost: you are all so talented, and you all looked absolutely stunning last night at the Academy Awards ceremony. It’s tough to step into the arena that is the Oscars...
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Covers & Content: Canadian Fashion Magazines March 2013
It’s the beginning of March, so before the April issues of our favourite glossies hit the newsstands, let’s take a look at the March issues of Flare, Fashion, and Elle Canada and see who’s challenging...
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Covers & Content: Canadian Fashion Magazines Jan. and Feb. 2013
Okay, so we’re doing some catch-up here but whatever, the project is still relevant… JANUARY 2013 The Magazine: Elle Canada The Cover Star: Jennifer Lopez Perceived Appearance of Cover Star: Hispanic...
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Chanel Iman, Racism, and the Fashion Industry
Nobody wants to lay claim to consciously constructing these images that perpetuate white supremacy, racism, etc [...] and the ironic thing is that I can sit in classrooms and universities, and my...
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How I Quit my Love Affair with American Apparel
By: Emily Yakashiro I used to love, love, love American Apparel. Their clothes fit me really well, I loved the variety of colours available, and I liked that they were/are supposedly not made in...
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A Look at Diversity in Toronto Fashion Week
Canada is known for its multiculturalism and diversity-but apparently not in the fashion world? We look at 14 fashion designers who recently had shows for their Fall 2013 collections at Toronto Fashion...
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Haven’t I Seen This Before? : Why “Fashion Films” Need Feminism
By: Emily Yakashiro I have a problem with fashion films. Here’s why. Above: A screen shot from Little Women-here we see Susan Sarandon shortly after giving her progressive opinions I discuss below. The...
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Diversity in Vancouver Fashion Week
Recently we discussed the diversity of Toronto Fashion Week, and now it’s time to take a look at our own city’s fashion week! Above: Models finishing up the Shelley Klassen show Previously on The...
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How to Become an In/Famous Fashion Editor
It seems that being a good fashion editor or reporter these days is a monumental task. How can you stay current/relevant with your news? How can you turn heads with your editorials? How can you ensure...
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Covers & Content: May 2013
The Magazine: Fashion The Cover Star: Isla Fisher Perceived Appearance of Cover Star: White Does the magazine appear to feature any models of colour in the editorials?: No Does the magazine appear to...
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The Missing Perspective on Critiques of Street Style, Part 1: Classism
Oh look, it’s another critique of a critique of street style and fashion bloggers–except with a feminist twist, of course. Since Suzy Menkes published her now-infamous piece The Circus of Fashion,...
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Gloss over This: Naomi Campbell
Flare reporter: What was it like to break fashion’s colour barriers? Campbell: Honestly, at the time I didn’t have time to think about it. I’ve come to learn that it was important, but I’m not happy...
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It Doesn’t Get Much Better Than This: Elle Canada June 2013
Above: A look from the Emilio Pucci S/S 2013 collection, in a style that Jennifer Lee critiques in Elle Canada June 2013. Elle Canada recently caught our eye with their June issue. While the...
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Covers & Content: June 2013
How did major Canadian fashion magazines stack up this month in terms of diversity? Read on to find out. The Magazine: Fashion The Cover Star: Lana Del Rey Perceived Appearance of Cover Star: White...
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Sasquatch Festival Style Guide
By: Emily Yakashiro Are you headed to The Gorge this weekend to see Dirty Projectors, Grimes, Azealia Banks, and more? Lucky you! Here’s The Closet Feminist style guide for lookin’ sharp at this music...
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Gloss over This: Alanis Obomsawin
It must be vindicating that she has become one of the most significant documenters of Canadian history and aboriginal politics. When she was a girl, she said, the framing of history was obscenely...
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Video: A Look at Diversity in Lucky Magazine So Far
By: Emily Yakashiro Welcome to the first-ever video from The Closet Feminist! In this video, I take a look at all the 2013 issues of Lucky magazine so far, as a test to see just how diverse fashion...
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