now skinny jeans are in the firing line
- Written by Harriette Richards, Research Associate, Cultural Studies, The University of Melbourne
shutterstockLast week, reports emerged that North Korea was banning skinny jeans over concerns regarding their symbolic relationship with the “exotic and decadent lifestyle” of capitalism. The crackdown on “anti-socialist behaviour” also reportedly bans mullet, spiky or dyed hairstyles and piercings.
Although an official...





