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Dress and the magic of touch

Fashion, of course, is largely about appearance, but the feeling of clothes on your skin is a complex sensory experience. Shahidha Bari contemplates the human connections in the business of creating and wearing clothes.

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Butch drag in the builders’ caff

Two men in a café dressed in practical workwear might seem indistinguishable, but closer inspection reveals layers of complex, nuanced identity.

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Fashion for an unruly body

One weekend, just before an operation to correct her scoliosis, Rosalind Jana stopped trying to hide her body. Read how those two days helped her step into the future.

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Photographs as evidence of gender identity and sexuality

Intriguing photographs from sexologists’ archives suggest they could have helped people explore their gender identity and sexuality.

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  • Brookwood Lunatic Asylum Fancy Dress Ball.
  • Menstrual blood, artwork title "Red Dress 2"
  • Menstrual blood, artwork title "Red Dress 1"
  • Actors gathered around a man in drag. Photographic postcard by The Fancy Dress Studio, 191-.
  • Actors gathered around a man in drag. Photographic postcard by The Fancy Dress Studio, 191-.
  • Two men, one in Punjabi dress, one in European dress. Watercolour.
  • One of the seven Acts of Mercy: Dress the naked. Line engraving by S. Bourdon after himself.
  • Ceremonial head-dress, Tshinshian
  • Two women in Turkoman dress
  • Bulgarian men wearing national dress.
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