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Spotted: Techno Music in Nigeria
Toheeb dances into brand new territory in Nigeria’s burgeoning music scene: Techno.
Is Fashion Rental Our Future?
THREADS writer Daisy shares how fashion’s latest saviour, renting stacks up against the industry’s ravaging climate impact.
From The Triangle Fire to Rana Plaza: Fast Fashion's Crushing Hand
As Earth Day 2023 calls for change in the fashion industry, Benedetta investigates its history of violence against a labour force facing the most fatal consequences.
Can I Do Anything Else for You?
Ahead of London Fashion Week AW23, THREADS writer Daisy turns the spotlight onto the true faces of fashion: the retail workers on the shop floor.
Vivienne Westwood: Take the Past & Make it High Fashion
THREADS Editor Benedetta pays tribute to Vivienne Westwood, the UK’s greatest sartorial time traveller.
The Rules of Womanhood
In the Book of legislation around the world and throughout the ages, women are not their own keepers. Daisy explains.
Do Africans Feel Racism?
Toheeb ponders the Second Coming of the African immigrant's Blackness.
The Holy & Holey: Deconstructing Anti-Fashion, from the Antwerp Six to Margiela
THREADS Editor Benedetta on the birth and evolution of anti-fashion, from 15th-century French dukes to DIY TikToks…
Playing Games with Class
Daisy plays defence for athleisure’s humble beginnings in working-class neighbourhoods as fashion giants like Balenciaga cash in…
How Barbie Changed My Life
Benedetta on how Barbie liberates the imagination, and agency, of generations of young women…
A Black Man’s Letter #2: From Frying Pan to Fire
For Nigeria’s Independence Day, Toheeb paints a portrait of European war through the eyes of Nigerian immigrant, Ikhade in our second edition of a Black Man’s Letter.
The Cavemen: Keeping Highlife Alive
How two brothers are modernising highlife for a new generation by fusing it with Afrobeats, according to Toheeb…
On Couture’s Young, Democratic Snobiety
As couture continues to boost brands’ cultural cachet, Editor-in-Chief Karina explores a dying industry’s mission to usher in young buyers…
No Terrorist Apology
To be young, Muslim and Black: Ayan writes about the revolutionary act of expanding in the face of oppression…
It’s Time to Secularise the Debate on Abortion Rights
On June 24 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion set in place by Roe v. Wade almost 50 years ago. Chiraag argues the case to secularise discourse on abortion rights…
On The (Organic) Silk Road: The ‘Three Ps’ of IBEAM
Benedetta sits down with the founders of sustainable fashion brand, IBEAM to unpack the principles governing their conscious business model…
Don’t Leave Your Parents Behind
Abhishek’s ode to nurturing relationships with your guardians as you grow into your own…
Unpacking Cottage Core with Nadine Feller
Daisy gets to the bottom of cottage core, the good, the bad & the ruffly with influencer Nadine Feller…
Teens Behaving Nicely: Heartstopper’s Radical Sincerity
Natalie considers a new era of teen rebellion heralded by the viral Netflix show, Heartstopper: nice is the new cool…
Hyperfeminine
Daisy considers cottage core as a form of queer resistance; a clever subversion of gender roles and aversion to the binary, ageing and toning things down…
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