9 Best Articles in 2022
Vox
What’s the point of digital clothes?
Vox
9 min read · Jan 21st · Digital fashion makes sense for video games with virtual metaverse-like worlds, but it probably won’t ever replace real clothes.
Reader View · Shared by 341, including Merkstatt, Kyle Chayka
The Pudding
Women's Pockets are Inferior.
The Pudding
7 min read · From 2018 · If you wear women's clothes, you already know this. But now we've got the data to show it.
Reader View · Shared by 226, including Esther Schindler, Simon Rogers, Nathan Yau, Fabricio Teixeira, Dominik Grolimund, Raphael Raue, Stefanie Posavec, Florian Jungnikl-Gossy ⛱, Clara Bouton, Mara Averick, Adam Pasick, Martin Stabe, Jane, Courtney Bolton ★, Oliver Reichenstein, Liliane Ferrari ™, Kiki, Kevan Lee 👋, Russell Goldenberg, David Bauer
NFX
Your Life is Driven by Network Effects
NFX
20+ min read · From 2020 · What city you live in. Who you date or marry. Which job you choose. What clothes you wear.We all think we make these choices ourselves. It certainly feels like we’re in full control. But it turns out…
Reader View · Shared by 255, including David Nagel, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Ha Duong, rohit, Mark Kaigwa, John Hagel, Kathryn Minshew, sircharlsxavier, Tom Connor, Faik Ersoy, Shawn Venasse, Tomas Pueyo, Thomas Power
The Guardian
Seams pretty good: how to know you’re buying quality clothes
The Guardian
4 min read · Apr 25th · From rubbing fabric on your neck to checking stitch size, there are ways to test how well made clothes are before you try on
Reader View · Shared by 62
Longreads
What We Wear: A Reading List on Fashion and Our Complex Relationship to Clothes
Longreads
8 min read · Mar 10th · Getting dressed isn’t a low-stakes activity.
Rest of World
Here’s what actually happens to all your online shopping returns
Rest of World
8 min read · Feb 14th · Ordering clothes from Chinese fast-fashion brands like Shein is easy. Sending them back is a lot more complicated
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 154, including 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Tactical Tech
Bloomberg Graphics
The Death of Clothing
Bloomberg Graphics
7 min read · From 2018 · Consumers just aren't that into clothes anymore.
Shared by 149, including Reto Laemmler, 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙤 𝙇𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙖, Christian Fauteux, tjalve, Herbert Bay, Dayyan Smith, Dominik Grolimund, Luzius Meisser, Liliane Ferrari ™, Jane, Liv 😷, Thomas Telandro, Alexandra Wong, Esther Schindler, Martina Grolimund, Björn Ognibeni
Quartz
How exactly Stitch Fix’s “Tinder for clothes” learns your style
Quartz
6 min read · From 2019 · Like the dating app it was modeled on, the subscription fashion service Stitch Fix’s “Tinder for clothes” game—called Style Shuffle—is incredibly addictive.Instead of a potential date, the game serves…
Reader View · Shared by 40, including Mara Averick, Cameron Yick, Data Science Renee, Kaleigh Moore, Angela Zutavern
blog.google
A new way to find clothes, shoes and more on Search
blog.google
2 min read · From 2020 · We’re adding a new feature to Search to help you browse and shop for clothes, shoes and accessories from across the web in one place.
Reader View · Shared by 34, including Marsha Collier, Jenny Halasz, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, AJ Kohn, Alexis Sanders 🇺🇦, Dawn A, Johannes Lenz, Kelsey Jones (She/Her)
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The Guardian
Seams pretty good: how to know you’re buying quality clothes
The Guardian
4 min read · Apr 25th · From rubbing fabric on your neck to checking stitch size, there are ways to test how well made clothes are before you try on
Reader View · Shared by 62
Guardian Fashion
Shrinking the Gap: how the clothing brand lost its way
Guardian Fashion
~19 min read · Apr 5th · Gap’s clothes defined an era, but it has been steadily declining for years. Can a collaboration with Kanye West revive its fortunes – or is it just another sign of a brand flailing around for an…
news.lee.net
How to shop for more sustainable children’s clothes
news.lee.net
1 min read · May 1st · Here are some tips for shopping more sustainably for children’s clothes, whether you’re on your first kid or your fifth.
Reader View · Shared by 15
Literary Hub
How Gender-Mixing Laundry Can Be Revolutionary in Myanmar
Literary Hub
6 min read · May 5th · The Myanmar concept of hpone refers to this innate, mystical power that men supposedly possess, and that is believed to be sapped if, among other examples, men’s clothes come in contact with women’…
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The Baffler
Capitalism’s New Clothes
The Baffler
From 2019 · What works and what doesn’t in Shoshana Zuboff’s tome The Age of Surveillance Capitalism? Writing for left-wing magazine The Baffler, science historian Evgeny Morozov evaluates Zuboff’s writing through the lens of rigorous critical inquiry. In his long article, he considers the book on its own merits; in terms of how its proclamations stand up against political, economic and cultural theories; and in comparison with Zuboff’s other books. Morozov brings an authoritative, well-informed (occasionally humorous) voice that’s an excellent complement to the book. His review is also a fascinating stand-alone analysis, appropriate for anyone interested in how the concept of surveillance capitalism applies to the intersection of capitalism, IT and privacy.
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 161, including Michael Seemann, Grzegorz Wapiński, Nico Luchsinger, Liv 😷, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, getAbstract, Jochen Burkhard, Steve Rayson, Romain Lalanne
VICE
People Are Buying Digital Clothes Because That’s a Thing Now
VICE
4 min read · 2021-11-04 · They’re like skins in games, except for real people.
Reader View · Shared by 154, including Wilko S. Wolters 🇩🇪🇪🇺 See you at #HM22 ⚙️, Howard Getson
MIT Technology Review
The Pentagon has a laser that can identify people from a distance—by their heartbeat
MIT Technology Review
2 min read · From 2019 · The Jetson prototype can pick up on a unique cardiac signature from 200 meters away, even through clothes.
Reader View · Shared by 95, including Esther Schindler, George M 🇪🇺, C̷͈̳̫͗͊̾had P̸̜͇̱̗̻̝̙͆͑͑͝͝ollitt, 🇺🇦 Eugene Borukhovich, Howard Getson, Adrian Bührer, Mark Suster, Alex Barrera, Luca Like, Cory Doctorow, Nils Hitze, Stephan Woodtli, Eric Topol, Tom Connor, Miguel, Leni Krsová 🎮, rudolph regter, 瑞拿頭
The New York Times
Is the Virus on My Clothes? My Shoes? My Hair? My Newspaper?
The New York Times
9 min read · From 2020 · We asked the experts to answer questions about all the places coronavirus lurks (or doesn’t). You’ll feel better after reading this.
Reader View · Shared by 141, including Dorlee Michaeli, MBA, LCSW, Tara Parker-Pope, Marcos, Aamir Raz, Michael (मुकेश) 🇺🇦💪🏻, Kara Swisher, Lenore Skenazy
Fast Company
3 ways companies can start embracing the circular economy
Fast Company
3 min read · From 2019 · Making and using food, clothes, cars, buildings, and other products causes 45% of our emissions. To solve climate change, we need to rethink how we make things.
Reader View · Shared by 90, including Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, Matthias Lampe, Tom Connor, Helen Yu
The Seattle Times
Special sunglasses, license-plate dresses, Juggalo face paint: How to be anonymous in the age of surveillance
The Seattle Times
7 min read · From 2020 · A fringe movement of privacy advocates are experimenting with clothes, makeup and accessories as a defense against some surveillance technologies. Some wearers desire to opt-out of “surveillance…
Reader View · Shared by 87, including Gerd Leonhard, Merkstatt, Bob E. Hayes, Massimo Banzi, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Cory Doctorow, Matthias Lampe
Guardian Fashion
Shrinking the Gap: how the clothing brand lost its way
Guardian Fashion
~19 min read · Apr 5th · Gap’s clothes defined an era, but it has been steadily declining for years. Can a collaboration with Kanye West revive its fortunes – or is it just another sign of a brand flailing around for an…
Guardian Environment
Campaign seeks 1bn people to save climate
Guardian Environment
4 min read · 2020-10-10 · Count Us In urges actions such as eating local, making clothes last or buying an electric car
Reader View · Shared by 94, including Merkstatt, Thomas Pleil, Alexandria Villaseñor, Nils Hitze
Fast Company
Stitch Fix’s radical data-driven way to sell clothes–$1.2 billion last year–is reinventing retail
Fast Company
~11 min read · From 2019 · CEO Katrina Lake’s e-commerce retailer uses data science to find you the best-fitting clothes you’ve ever worn
Reader View · Shared by 25, including mdy, FANZO 🧢 NFT 365 Podcast, Katrina Lake
