Items tagged clothing

• The emperor has only clothes

  How would the famous story change in a contemporary Western context?

• A theology of clothing

  From Sunday best to "come as you are" styles, clothing our bodies can be an act of worship.

• Feeding the hungry

  Sometimes the most immediate needs go beyond food, clothing and shelter.

• Beauty will save the world

  An interview with Spirit-filled fashionista Kate Kamphausen.

• What to wear

  Is it possible to find clothing that fits perfectly?

• On thrift stores and things

  Second-hand stores are good sources of bargains--and stuff.

• Sweaters

  On the garments of our lives and the memories they absorb.

• What are you wearing?

  A meditation on the "uniforms" we choose for different situations.

• What to wear?

  Considering fashion on the college campus and beyond.

• Dressing up

  A survey of 22 years of dressing one’s self culminates in a self portrait.

• Dressing up is hard to do

  Reflection on the lost art of getting gussied up.

• The secret lives of dresses, Vol. 1

  On the memories that can become woven into the fabric of our clothing.

• Dressed up memories

  Friends of catapult respond to a call for reflections on dressing up.

• Adorned with stories

  How our stories of identity can be woven into the fabric that adorns our bodies.

• In[finite]security

  What a kindergartener's fashion sense reveals about the mystery of God.

• Top ten pieces of clothing I’ve had since before college graduation in 2000

  A tour through the wardrobe turns up memories and values.

• Secondhand subversive

  Shopping to dismantle the empire, one article of clothing at a time.

• Recycled abundance

  Remembering the Barter Sale at boarding school in Pakistan and the lessons it's still teaching.

• What I made

  Chronicling one week of creating something out of something by hand.