Real People, Real Clothes

Real People, Real Clothes is an ongoing series that explores the stories embedded in worn clothing and everyday objects.

Guided by fashion studies and cultural analysis, this series treats wear and care as archival evidence. Each post documents the relationship between a person and an object, capturing the traces of everyday life often ignored by traditional archives.

Posts may include interviews, photographs, or reflections, and submissions from readers are welcome. The series is part storytelling, part research, and part archival experiment — an invitation to read closely to the lives that clothes and objects carry.

Each body of text is a small archive of lived life, a close viewing to both people and things.

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Looking for behind-the-scenes insights into my work as a fashion historian, archivist, researcher, and educator? Visit The Materialist's Notebook, a companion publication documenting the process behind the projects.