The Economic Wardrobe

No. iii The 1990s The 1990s Didn't Invent Minimalism. They Made It Affordable to Want. Recession minimalism, grunge, and hip hop — three economic realities sharing one wardrobe-defining decade. Read the essay →

No. ii Medieval Europe The Law That Lasted One Year The plague that doubled wages and put dyed cloth on the people the law had dressed in undyed wool. Read the essay →

No. i Byzantine Empire The Colour You Could Not Buy Tyrian purple, sumptuary law, and scarcity weaponized by the wealthiest state of the medieval world. Read the essay →