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Worn Fashion Journal
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Independent Canadian print publication dealing with the ideas and concepts of clothing from a cultural, historical, political and personal perspective.
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Book Report: New Club Kids - London Party Fashion in the Noughties

My first indication of what I was in for when I picked up New Club Kids came from the book’s cover. A young woman gazed out from beneath thick, black eyelashes, wearing a white jumpsuit, a blue plast...

2 days ago

Hang Ten - Beach Ball Photos are Up!

Remember that party we had to celebrate the release of issue 14? Hang on to your sun hats, because the photos are here! These particular snapshots are by Becca Lemire, but you can also see the postca...

3 days ago

Crushing on Inez Genereux

When Inez Genereux entered WORN’s Black Cat Ball last year, all the Wornettes could do was stare. Inez (or Nezzie as her friends call her) has a cloud of swoon-worthy qualities that float aroun...

4 days ago

It’s Time to #GetDressed

In the kitchen? In the closet? In the shower? Where do your ideas get dressed? We want to know what drives our readers’ sartorial savvy. Take a photo with WORN Fashion Journal and show us the c...

6 days ago

Mai Wornette

By day, I’m a production editor who hustles people to meet deadlines. By night, I’m a freelance writer who muses mostly on feminist-y issues for various websites and magazines (shout-out to Sha...

26 may 12

Book Review - House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Survival

If you crossed a V.C. Andrews novel with fashion nonfiction, you would end up with House of Versace, the deliciously trashy story of the ups and extreme downs of the Versace legacy. Gianni Versace, f...

25 may 12

Make a Bow, Take a Bow

Learning to tie a bow was likely crossed off your bucket list at an early age. I, for one, learned to tie my shoes around the age of four and then imagined I had that skill for life. My bows were som...

23 may 12 1 person likes this

Out of Bounds: Behind the Scenes

I wish I knew more about sports so that I had something intelligent to say. As it is, I can only think of cliches to describe how I feel about Out of Bounds, the sports-inspired photo shoot in issue ...

21 may 12

Brittany Wornette

I started taking photos of my friends from high school, hanging out in mall parking lots. We would listen to Sonic Youth and eat Mac’s Milk food every day while sitting on the roof of my friend’s car...

19 may 12

“Memphis Does Look Like Yokohama. Just More Space.”

Elvis’s whole aesthetic was built on a mix of references, artifice, and Americana. In his 1989 film Mystery Train director Jim Jarmusch filters the kitsch of Elvis and dusty backdrop of Memphis...

18 may 12

Crushing on Fortnight Lingerie

With a piece of lingerie inspired by a Dolly Parton song, Fortnight Lingerie had no trouble capturing the hearts of wornettes everywhere. Their 2012 collection takes its cue from the classic rock mus...

16 may 12

Cut and Print: An Ode to Ed Wood Jr.

Greetings, Wornettes! You are interested in the unknown. The mysterious. The unexplainable. The fashionable. That is why you are here, on the WORN Fashion Journal blog. Now, for the first time, we ar...

14 may 12

It’s A Beach Ball, And You’re Invited - TONIGHT!

It’s been a long and moderate winter. But just because we weren’t buried in snow doesn’t mean we can’t kick up some sand. Have you been sighing for shorts? Silly to step into strappy sandals? From su...

12 may 12

Not to Fear, Issue 14 Is Here!

Can’t make it to our Beach Ball launch party tomorrow? Not to worry—you can preorder issue 14 online! Orders and subscriptions will be sent out next week. Issue 14 is jammed full with great con...

11 may 12

Dust off Your Dancing Flipflops

It’s a Beach Ball from worn on 8tracks. We’re busy picking the songs to dance to at our issue 14 launch party this weekend. What are some of your favourite beachy tunes? Let us know in th...

09 may 12

Are You Stoked For Our Beach Ball Yet?

We know that dressing for a theme party isn’t always a walk on the beach, so the styling department here at WORN thought we would help out all you sunbathing Betties and fun-loving Freddies pla...

07 may 12

Sofia Wornette

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been an avid magazine hoarder. Whether I’m saving my pennies in a piggy’s belly or eating Mr. Noodles for a week’s time, I have always mana...

05 may 12

Crushing on Agent Lover

Marie M. Lodi, AKA Agent Lover, is a real dream boat. Born and raised in Southern California, she spent her younger years indulging in ’80s and ’90s pop culture, and now spends her time k...

04 may 12

Worn to WORN: Alyssa is Catwoman

What inspired this outfit? Honestly? I would have to say it’s a tie… between my two very fashionable cats (seriously: one sports a bowtie and the other is named Coco Chanel). My shifts at...

02 may 12 1 person likes this

Jenna Wornette

I’m in my last semester of my degree at Ryerson University in Toronto, majoring in Culture Studies and minoring in English. It took me a brief interlude as a sorter in a thrift store and having an ex...

28 apr 12

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

I have no recollection of how Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice ended up in my family’s rotation of films to be watched while decorating the Christmas tree—Edward Scissorhands was also in the mix—...

27 apr 12 1 person likes this

Here Come the Bridesmaids

Mother of the author’s bridesmaids, 1984 It was like being caught in an undertow of taffeta, sequins, and snarky sales-woman infested waters. Every ill-fitting strapless dress my mother, grandm...

25 apr 12

Inquire Within: Fashion Research at Your Public Library

Part 3 in an ongoing series. How is it coming, that question of yours on the history of dress, or fashion theory, or a designer of years past? Having dredged the web, your frame of reference has hope...

23 apr 12 1 person likes this

Rachel Wornette

I’m Rachel and I’m tall. I love to eat food and listen to country music. I always laugh at my own jokes and I love cats—even though I don’t have one. I study fashion at Ryerson and love every second ...

21 apr 12

Book Review: American Fashion Cookbook

Food and Fashion. Fashion and Food. We wake up. We decide what to wear. We decide what to eat. The capricious whims of our visual appetites guide our sartorial and culinary decisions. But food and fa...

20 apr 12

The Ties (And Sweaters) That Bind

My dad is not a modern, clothing-coveting man. He doesn’t see the point in spending money on such frivolous things and hasn’t worn a tie in almost a decade. He avoids buying new garments ...

18 apr 12

The Plus Size Problem

If you were to sift through the selection of most plus-size clothing—that is, if you are clever enough to find stores that offer plus-sizes at all—you would be hard-pressed not to see their similarit...

16 apr 12

The Times They Aren’t a-Changin’

Either he’s dead, or my watch has stopped. - Groucho Marx There have been a few moments in my sartorial lifespan when strangers have been left dumbfounded by the impracticality of my choices. While m...

13 apr 12

Teas, Text, and Tote

There’s never been a better time to sign up for WORN Briefs, our monthly newsletter. Not only will you regularly get updates of gooey, WORNey goodness in your inbox, but for a limited time we&#...

11 apr 12

Crushing on Katie Serbian

You might know Katie Serbian better as Bambi Davies, the former bassist (and only non-brunette member) of Dum Dum Girls, a Wornette favourite. Katie has since moved on to Cheap Curls, a solo project ...

09 apr 12

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