Dressed to be Oppressed - A Video Essay

What happens when fiction starts looking a little too familiar?

In my new video, I break down how The Handmaid's Tale and The Hunger Games used fashion to warn us and how those warnings feel uncomfortably relevant right now.

https://youtu.be/fwJV5xjh0xY

As a designer (and #ProjectRunway alum), I've always believed clothing tells the truth, even when we don't want to hear it. From the red cloaks of Gilead to the distractive fashions of Panem, these looks weren't just costumes. They were symbols of control, resistance, and survival.

Full video "Dressed to Be Oppressed" up today (10.9.25) at 3:15 CST

ETA: thank you to @fundiefridays for letting me use a pretty great clip in this from their amazing Ballerina Farm video. If you haven't watched that one you definitely should. And if you kind of want a crash course in TradWives, it's one of my favorites. less