Anointed Attire

Catholics in Mexico Love Dressing Baby Jesus in Costumes

Mexican Catholics think Baby Jesus is so goddamn adorable they can’t resist putting him in all sorts of cute little outfits and costumes. Full story

Buttface

I went to school with a kid named Phil McCracken. I am a big fan of juvenile humor, so you can see why I love this title. Full story

Front of the Book

Ionut Cercel is the Justin Bieber of manele, a genre of Romanian music that can best be described as a questionable combination of Gypsy folk and modern dance pop. Full story

Employees of the Month

Jenni used to work in fashion production, which meant running around factories on behalf of designers in Peru, Madagascar, and the New York City garment district. Full story

Adobe Phashion Shop

Photos by Ben Ritter, Stylist: Annette Lamothe-Ramos Full story

Christmas in the Andes

The girls all braid their hair and put on their finest brocade skirts and hats. The boys put on their nicest ski masks and leather chaps and affix a dead bird to the top of their noggins. Full story

Shoes Make the Man

Igor Dewe Cobbles Together Footwear out of All Kinds of Shit

Igor Dewe is just the sort of jollification injection the pouty, dour-faced fashion industry needs: a hairy 21-year-old French guy who gained notoriety by dressing in rainbow-tie-dyed Lycra shorts. Full story

Looks Like a Lefty

Fashion’s Grand History of Protest, Revolution, and Civil Rights

Every generation of rabble-rousers believes it has invented its own unique style and negotiated its own sartorial relationship with the larger world. Full story

Scandalous, Chic, and Rich

Pierre Cardin Has Met Everyone and Designed Everything

Pierre Cardin is one of those names everyone knows, even if you have no idea who he is or what he looks like. Full story

Ed Hardy, Art Historian

What up what up what up!!!!!! Let's talk about some weak-ass gay-ass art! I'm Ed EFFIN' Hardy and I'm gonna be your M-F-in' DOCENT! Full story

Stick ’Em Up

Photos by Richard Kern, Stylist: Annette Lamothe-Ramos Full story

Free Range Fur

Is It Still Murder If You Trap It, Skin It, and Sew It Yourself?

I went hunting to see how difficult it would be to transform dead animal skin into haute couture. It’s a macabre, but doable task—given some expert assistance. Full story

Good Times

Shit, I’m stressed out. This is probably the most stressed I’ve ever been. And stress is a constant in my life, but usually there’s some sort of break. Full story

The End of Elegance

YSL’s Stefano Pilati Explains Why Fashion May Never Be Fashionable Again

It's not hyperbole to say that Yves Saint Laurent is the greatest, most evocative name in the history of fashion. Stefano Pilati has been the company's creative director for the past decade. Full story

Looking Good Behind Bars

Staying Fly When Your Wings Are Clipped

There are approximately 2.3 million people incarcerated in the United States, and yet hardly anyone is attending to the fashion needs of the prison-industrial complex! Full story

Jobs' Globs

Apple's technological achievements can be traced to an alien Steve Jobs brutally raped many years ago. Full story

Flim Flam

Photos by Michael Bader, Stylists: Daniel Balks, Arkadius Giesek Full story

Guinea Pig Village

Guinea pigs are those chubby-faced mega-hamsters that squeak when you squeeze them. Full story

The Flesh Machine

Surveying the Indubitable Style of Iggy Pop

Some people might ask: What does a guy who's been shirtless for at least two-thirds of his life have to say about fashion? Full story

Stems: A History of Hosiery

Now a way to scandalize the leg by means of veiling it, stockings had a long, rough journey on their way to getting everyone horny. Full story

Records

This is probably what dogs hear when humans talk. I feel like the band could give me a curse for saying this sucks and shit, but if I have a dreamcatcher the curse shouldn't work. Full story

Katawa Shoujo

The name of this game translates to "Disability Girls," though that's inaccurate--the word "katawa" in this context is an unprintable epithet for the disabled, connoting worthlessness. Full story

Doggy District

Photos by Bryan Derballa, Costume Design: Asher Levine Full story

Hats Off, Lesbians

Gay Women and Their Moronic Headwear

Ever since junior high I've been two things: a lesbian and addicted to hats. Full story