K-Pop Stars Get Designer Clothes From Fans
Fans are helping K-pop artists with world-class sales look like superstars — even when their actual paychecks don’t allow it.
Depression-Era Movies and Their Bizarre Fashion Show Montages
How Hollywood cast itself as the center of style by stopping the action for Paris-style fashion shows.
There Was Never a Time When Western Society Wasn’t Weird About Cleavage
Classical paintings and Hulu’s Harlots have been lying to you.
How Tights Took the Devil From Terrifying Demon to Mustachioed Prankster
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was putting on an absurd outfit.
You Might Think You Hate Crowded Stores, but Science Says Otherwise
Researchers since the 1970s have been exposing our evolution-determined love of shopping in herds.
How Free Shipping Fulfills the Centuries-Old Promise of Capitalism
Like you, George Washington hated paying S&H.
Skincare to Die For
Want your looks to last forever? The first step is death. Script writer.
What Happened to the Internet’s Favorite T-Shirt Company?
Threadless made millions by selling out huge runs of crowdsourced T-shirts; now they’re printing almost everything one by one.
What Kim Jong-un Has to Do With Your Skincare
South Korean beauty brands have long regarded the US as a side hustle. Now they’re coming to play for keeps, and it’s sorta thanks to North Korea.
WOC Are Being Sold Toxic Beauty Products
The people we see talking most about toxic beauty products are some of the least likely to encounter them in the wild. Script writer.
Why Soviets Were Obsessed with American Jeans
A Moscow woman happily accepted Western jeans as alimony from her ex-husband. Script writer.
How Is a Professor Supposed to Dress?
All while navigating sexism, pay disparities, and Rate My Professor.
I Can Be a Badass in a Unicorn Onesie, Thanks
Don’t confuse the donning of nostalgic symbols of childhood with an abdication of adulthood.
Kpop Boyband Beauty Deals
Bands and brands are both raking in cash (and inspiring women with their makeup looks). Script writer.