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VAGUE Voices: In Conversation with Jennie Baptiste
In conversation with British-St Lucian photographer Jennie Baptiste about her creative journey, how the photography industry has changed since she got her first break in the 80's, and more
Summer Love
In this requiem of summers past, poet Mnna Mohammed explores her relationship with the ephemeral, warmer season of Köppen’s oceanic climate.
Working in fashion retail in a pandemic
Coronavirus has shaken every industry, but in this personal essay Rasa shares how the retail industry has been coping through the pandemic.
Brown Skin Girl
An ode to the daily usurping of classist, European beauty standards by a generation of empowered Black women.
VAGUE Voices: Cuties, One Month On
Discussing #CancelCuties, one month into the scandal surrounding Netflix’s premiere of the Maïmouna Doucouré film
VAGUE Voices: On Code-Switching, Part IV
CREW writer + poet Ayomide Abolaji walks us through how this form of communication works for her in the fourth episode of VAGUE Voices.
Judah
A show of solidarity with war-torn Sudan’s powerful Afro-Judaist cultures, and the scores of countries still suffering similar fates…
VAGUE Voices: On Code-Switching, Part III
CREW designer and writer Gloria Ukoh tell us how code-switching colours the way she communicates in this episode of VAGUE Voices.
VAGUE Voices: On Code-Switching, Part II
Community member Hellen Songa shares how and when she code-switches, influenced by her time spent in various parts of the world.
VAGUE Voices: On Code-Switching, Part I
In this episode, CREW photographer Suji So. gives us his take on code-switching for the very first episode of VAGUE Voices.
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For our first cover story of 2026, VAGUE CREW Lead Karina examines the beauty standards, colonial legacies, intimacy and surveillance policing Black and Brown women’s hair.