“Thanks! It Has Pockets!” - The History of Women’s Pockets.
Beth Whitaker takes us on a ride through the history of measly women’s pockets on clothing - through suffragettes, bikes and aprons.
My Mums Wedding Dress
Minnie remembers her wedding dress. The journey of finding, and the feeling of spending her special day - feeling exactly like herself.
Making Space for South African Fashion: Mkhetwa Baloyi.
Meet Mkhetwa, the journalist making space for South African fashion.
The Released Pressure Valve: Power and Counter-Power Dynamics in Fashion.
Marie writes for us on the conflict between powers within fashion.
Editorial: Nausea
An editorial exploring our relationship to ur least considered but best loved clothing - our cosy bits.
More Than Your Makeup Bag: Power, conflict and Love in Beauty.
MUA Tina shares photos of make up artist personal makeup bags, and questions the various conflicts under the surface of the beauty industry.
EDITORIAL: Grief and Reincarnation
An exploration of grief and reincarnation by Sepehr Badiei.
Fascism and Fashion.
Neena talks us through the influences we dontt want to admit are a part of the fashion industry, and those who use style to rebel against them.
Flannel Shorts Are For Boys. 1969.
Mark remembers the flannel shorts his mum dressed him in, in 1969.
Fashioning the Utility Clothing SchemeCc41, collaboration, and consumer cultures in the Second World War
Fashion Historian, Lucy, takes us through the utility clothing of WWII.
ART: Never Gone
The marks remain even when the clothing’s removed. Explore the art of Aleena Sharif exploring fashion and the body.
Becoming Patient Z, with Zlata
Meet Zlata, the designer behind Patient Z, as we discuss self expression, soviet folklore, expeditions to the arctic and the battle for sustainable fashion choices.
Fashion History 101: Mad as a Hatter
The history of the phrase ‘mad as a hatter’ and its origins in fashion production.
The Writer Who Wore a Packed Lunch
Writer Anmarie takes us away with a piece of fashion fiction to explore our protagonists relationship with stains and sandwiches.
EDITORIAL: Torn in Two
An editorial exploring duality and balance in life, for issue 2 of The Grey.
Stitching Freedom: Incarceration and Embroidery with Isabella Rosner.
We spoke to embroidery historian Isabella about her studies into embroidery and incarceration, and her zine collating phenomenal stories of stitching for freedom even under the most terrifying forces.