Clothing
New York Advances a Bill to End Gender Discrimination in Product Pricing
Prices for women's products, when compared to equivalent products for male counterparts, cost 7 percent more on average.
Does Your Right to Free Speech Extend to the Polling Booth?
The Supreme Court is now hearing arguments for a case regarding a Minnesota law that bars political clothing at polling booths.
The Shock of Seeing Your Body in 3-D
New technology will allow clothing-store patrons to get a much better look at their actual shape. Can we handle the truth?
Hacking Cell Biology to Reinvent Clothes
The future of clothing material could come from lab-grown leather and spider silk.
The History of Plaid
Tracing the origins and evolution of every hipster's favorite fashion item.
The Dangers of Tight Jeans, According to Research
Denim has made for some interesting case studies over the last few decades.
The Secret World of Fast Fashion
From 1960s Korea, through Brazil, to today's Los Angeles: Inside the world that brought you Forever 21—and those skinny jeans in your closet.
Embracing Androgyny: Taking Gender Out of Fashion
What it means to wear clothing that’s not meant for you.
How to Sell Clothes to Men: On the Rise of Menswear in Fashion
Upscale brick-and-mortar stores and e-commerce sites are figuring out how to create a shopping experience that men find appealing—and enjoying hefty profits in return.
Were Your Clothes Made in a Bangladeshi Factory?
After the deadly building collapse in Bangladesh, Walmart released a list of factories it had banned. But it has continued receiving shipments from two of them.
Banning Burqas on Both Sides of the Atlantic
European officials aren't the only Westerners wrestling with what Islamic women wear — leaders in Quebec have joined the fray.
Banning Burqas in Europe
How did such an un-American-sounding idea as banning someone's religiously inspired clothing choice take root in Western countries?
Can China Turn Cotton Green?
Producing 'natural' cotton clothing is a huge and filthy global business that, Chinese-commissioned research shows, will be extremely difficult to clean up.
Wear Red, Knock ’Em Dead
Men find a woman in red activates their animal urges, according to a pair of psychology researchers.
Bamboo Underwear, Anyone?
While scientists monitor how our clothing affects the climate, trend-watchers are more interested in the reverse: how climate change is beginning to alter our apparel. Bamboo underwear, anyone?