Why Are We Obsessed With Preserving Vintage Fashion?

Gerard Ortiz

Photograph-Illustration: by The Slash Shots: @kianabonollo, @kelley.heyer/TikTok Try to remember that iconic Really In Pink scene in which Molly Ringwald, all pouty and dejected, decides to spruce up her frumpy old attire to make a polished new promenade appear? How about Emma Stone in Cruella squinting about a sewing device […]

How Sara Sakanaka Is Revitalizing Vintage Kimonos

Gerard Ortiz

In her Brooklyn studio, designer Sara Sakanaka retains a modest drawstring bag that her grandmother built for her a long time in the past. Sewn from textile scraps, the striped pouch is 1 of Sakanaka’s oldest keepsakes, an heirloom representing a generations-previous philosophy. “My mother utilized to explain to me […]