#Culture
Cultural commentary and critique
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Articles
Essay
Why Fashion Press Is More Real Than Women's Press
Saveria Mendella argues that the label women's press should be abolished and that fashion should become the only identifiable media genre.
Interview
Hanan Besovic
Hanan Besovic of @ideservecouture talks fashion memes, criticism the big magazines cannot publish, and why fashion should be democratized.
Essay
Editor's Note: The Real Issue
Lenny Attab calls for radicality and an intersectional, political reading of fashion in the second issue of En Mode: finding the real issue.
Interview
Anas Daif: Journalism and Revolution
Journalist and activist Anas Daif, founder of the podcast À l'Intersection, on race in France, journalism as a weapon and revolution.
Essay
The Uprising
Lenny Attab on revolt, bread and circuses, and why fashion's darkest collections signal that something is waking up. The letter opening Issue 1.
Editorials
Demos
Black and white portraits of the banlieue around Paris, from Franc Moisin to Vitry and Orly. In literary or oratorical prose, the demos represents the common people, as opposed to the rich and the powerful.
The Cold and Merciless Truth
In the crowd and all the fashion week's madness, I saw this man. See how Elvis Chen (in the foreground) and him are looking in the same direction, and yet I can tell that they don't see the same things. And then I realized how messed up this world actually is. I thank fate or whatever god (you name it) every day for putting me where I am. I grew up in a reliable environment and have always lived comfortably. Not everyone had this chance. Fashion is about telling stories, and thus, it's tempting to forget about the truth. The cold and merciless truth. The one that made these two men live two totally different realities. One world, multiple realities, but still only one truth. Having a roof over our heads doesn't make us normal people. But showing a lack of empathy does. Let's not forget about those we don't want to look at. Those who got unlucky at some point. Those who could be you in another reality, and you'd probably be them. They exist and they deserve to be heard and acknowledged. It is what makes us human beings. Stay safe, En Mode