"Fashion exists in the same way that love exists. Love exists, love is real, it is a feeling that you have and it is out there, and it is commodified, and love is used to sell you things. Because love is so strong in you, it is easily hijacked. Fashion is real, fashion exists, and it exists under capitalism, it existed under feudalism, it exists under communism. We are always looking towards each other and because it exists in us, it is also so easily abused." Avery Trufelman
Fashion Journalist, Avery Trufelman and Composer, Jad Abumrad had a meeting of the minds recently at Ludlow House in NYC. They examined the importance of fashion, its role in societal structure, history and spoke a bit about her most recent episode where she focused on outerwear as daily wear.
Avery Trufelman grew up with radio in her bloodstream. Her parents worked in public radio, that is literally how they met, so she learned how to edit, listen, and tinker with sound long before she knew it was a career. After college at Wesleyan, she landed at 99% Invisible and eventually spun off her own thing, Articles of Interest.
Avery Trufelman grew up with radio in her bloodstream. Her parents worked in public radio, that is literally how they met, so she learned how to edit, listen, and tinker with sound long before she knew it was a career. After college at Wesleyan, she landed at 99% Invisible and eventually spun off her own thing, Articles of Interest.
She mentioned, "Fashion is the most obvious barometer of time made visible. You realize clothes can tell you what era someone is in or what tribe they belong to. It is the literal boundary between you and the world." She also brought up how animals exhibit similar behaviors in the animal kingdom, like whales wearing fish as hats.
Articles of Interest is Avery’s space to obsess over clothes in a way that isn’t just fashion-y, but personal, historical, and a little detective-like. In episode six, she talks about 'Gorp-core'—how we love wearing our hiking and biking clothes as literal fashion statements. Arc’teryx, Salomons, even Whole Foods fits, all turned into style.
