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Strong Suit

How Dress for Success helps women break through socioeconomic barriers.

Chavie Lieber Racked Sep 2016 20min Permalink

Best Article Arts

My Son, the Prince of Fashion

“I took my son to Paris fashion week, and all I got was a profound understanding of who he is, what he wants to do with his life, and how it feels to watch a grown man stride down a runway wearing shaggy yellow Muppet pants.”

Michael Chabon GQ Sep 2016 20min Permalink

Business

Reign, Supreme

Supreme, founded by a secretive self-made millionaire in 1994, is the most influential streetwear brand in the world.

Kyle Chayka Racked Jul 2016 Permalink

Arts Media

Man on the Street

A profile of photographer Bill Cunningham.

Lauren Collins New Yorker Mar 2009 15min Permalink

Best Article Reprints Arts Movies & TV

Chloë's Scene

A profile of Chloë Sevigny, 19-year-old It Girl.

Jay McInerney New Yorker Nov 1994 25min Permalink

Business

Head Over Heels

Inside Steve Madden’s shoe empire.

Doree Shafrir Buzzfeed Feb 2016 15min Permalink

The First Black Trans Model Had Her Face on a Box of Clairol

No one knew her secret. Until they did.

Jada Yuan, Aaron Wong New York Dec 2015 25min Permalink

Sports

Why Are Sports Bras So Terrible?

The first sports bra was invented in 1977. It was two jockstraps sewn together.

Rose Eleveth Racked Oct 2015 15min Permalink

Arts

Who Is Marc Jacobs?

The 52-year-old designer finds himself at a crossroads.

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Previously: Sarah Nicole Prickett on the Longform Podcast

Sarah Nicole Prickett T Magazine Aug 2015 10min Permalink

Arts Sports

The Unretiring Serena Williams

“Richard Williams raised her to go to war with the world. Post-tennis, she plans to live in it.”

Kerry Howley New York Aug 2015 10min Permalink

The Revolution Will Probably Wear Mom Jeans

The politics behind the anti-trend trend known as “Normcore” turn out to be as conservative as ever.

Eugenia Williamson The Baffler Mar 2015 15min Permalink

Business

The Aging of Abercrombie & Fitch

How does a company that sells youth learn to grow up?

Susan Berfield, Lindsey Rupp Bloomberg Businessweek Jan 2015 15min Permalink

Arts

The Jet Set Life of Karl Lagerfeld’s Favorite Male Model — for Now

Private planes, caviar lunches and Little League.

Irina Aleksander New York Times Magazine Jan 2015 20min Permalink

Arts

Unravelling the Mystery Behind L'Wren Scott's Path to Self-Destruction

L’Wren Scott went from bullied Mormon teen to international model to Hollywood stylist to fashion designer, becoming Mick Jagger’s girlfriend in the process. In March, she took her own life.

Phoebe Eaton GQ (UK) Oct 2014 30min Permalink

Arts

Dynasty

A profile of Oscar de la Renta.

David Amsden New York Oct 2014 20min Permalink

Arts

The Plus Side

A revolution in full-figured fashion.

Lizzie Widdicombe The New Yorker Sep 2014 25min Permalink

Arts

Designed for Destruction

On the platonic but volatile relationship between fashion designer Alexander McQueen, who committed suicide in 2010 and professional muse Isabella Blow, who committed suicide in 2007.

Maureen Callahan Vanity Fair Aug 2014 20min Permalink

Arts

Tavi Gevinson Just Graduated High School

A profile of the Rookie editor-in-chief, who makes her Broadway debut next week.

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Previously: Tavi Gevinson on the Longform Podcast.

Amy Larocca New York Aug 2014 15min Permalink

Business

The Fall of the Sleaze King

Dov Charney’s struggle to keep control of American Apparel.

Susan Berfield Businessweek Jul 2014 15min Permalink

Arts Business

Be Bossy

A profile of Sophia Amoruso, the 30-year-old CEO of Nasty Gal and author of #GIRLBOSS.

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Previously: Molly Young on the Longform Podcast.

Molly Young New York May 2014 15min Permalink

Arts

The Secret World of Fast Fashion

How Korean immigrants in L.A. revolutionized fashion’s production cycle.

Christina Moon Pacific Standard Mar 2014 10min Permalink

Arts Business

Why Abercrombie Is Losing Its Shirt

The rise and fall of a teen fashion empire.

Matthew Shaer New York Feb 2014 15min Permalink

Arts

Pixel Perfect

A profile of the world’s top photo retoucher, who typically can retouch over 100 images in a single issue of Vogue.

Lauren Collins New Yorker May 2008 25min Permalink

Arts

Joan Rivers Always Knew She Was Funny

A profile of the comedian.

Jonathan Van Meter New York May 2010 25min Permalink

Arts

Thing of Beauty

The tragic life of 70s-era supermodel Gia Carangi.

  1. Part One

    On Gia’s early years as a bisexual “Bowie kid” in working class Philadelphia.

  2. Part Two

    On Gia’s heroin addiction and death from AIDS at age 26.

Stephen Fried Philadelphia Magazine Nov 1988 1h15min Permalink

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