5 Ways Sex Work Shows Up in Fashion History: May 29, 2024

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Series #5: 5 Ways Sex Work Shows Up in Fashion History

It’s the last issue of this series! The last two issues of the Spring Writing Challenge, for tomorrow and Friday, will contain learnings from this challenge as well as what’s next for this newsletter. Stay tuned!

Warning: this issue contains images of glamorized clothing of sex work. I am aware these are painful topics for many. Please keep yourself and your health first and do not read this if it may hurt you.

Today’s Pick: Sex Work Couture on the Runway

We’ve discussed couture in this series quite a lot and how it’s inspired by sex work. But I realized I’ve shown very few examples!

So here are some runway shows that have taken sex work as their inspiration, for better or for worse.

Versace, 1992, “Miss S&M Collection” - also known as the Bondage collection

Louis Vuitton, Fall 2013

John Galliano, Dior, 2000 and 2003

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xoxo,

Simran