Stories
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IT WAS MY MOM'S
Mothers give us so much: life, love, and, if you’re Lilli Millhiser, a handful of vintage Armani.Read more →On Location_ Kantamanto
The following photographs were taken by Umu, Fadila, and Rafatu, young kayayei working as porters in Accra’s Kantamanto second-hand market, the largest in West Africa. The three women began studying photography in February 2021 as part of The OR Foundation’s ongoing Storytelling Workshop.Read more →HOW TO FIND QUALITY VINTAGE ONLINE
Tips and tricks for finding quality vintage online without breaking the bank or losing your mind.Read more →BLACK OWNED DEPOP
Fashion Editor Sydney Rose Thomas selects 5 Black-Owned Vintage shops making waves on Depop. Display Copy catches up with them all to discuss the vintage life, shopping tips, and the Black Owned shops that inspire them most.Read more →Yesterday's News
Melissa Riva breathes new life into old narratives. Every fold, every line tells a story, as yesterday’s news is reborn, into a wearable art form that challenges the transience of fashion and echoes the enduring power of timeless tales.Read more →THE (RE)GENERATION
Open-hearted, inventive, and nothing if not resourceful, the following twelve international designers have emerged as leading lights of today’s upcycling movement. From discarded tents to old newsprint, this (Re)generation, as we call it, deploys a shockingly broad range of materials to varied ends. But these agents of change speak the same language: they upcycle not for the gratuitous sake of upcycling but rather to give voice to a pungent dialect of social commentary, responsible stewardship, and joyful expression.Read more →DE(NI)MOCRACY
NOUN | DE - NI - MOC - RA - CY | DE-N M-’MÄ-KR -SĒ A PHILOSOPHY IN WHICH THE SUPREME POWER OF EXPRESSION IS VESTED IN THE PEOPLE AND EXERCISED BY T...Read more →DISPLAY COPY x E.L.V. DENIM
The denim industry is dirty. But it doesn’t have to be. Display Copy teamed up with E.L.V. DENIM to bring to (second) life a couple pairs of jean-ius.Read more →A PLACE IN THE SUN
Inside Arizona’s most enchanting oasis of vintage fashion.Read more →NOTES ON KITSCH
Rave Review cuts through clichés and flirts with the fine line between what’s kitsch and what’s cool.Read more →BELONGING
A comfortable house, chairs on a porch, a garden in back — the heart resides here. César Buitrago spends a day with artist, dancer, and model Somali Findlay affirming the bonds of friendship, family, and the power of belonging.
Read more →FLEX YOURSELF
Before lockdown, we stood around. We moved, from memory, in inches: “Stand there. Move to the left. A hair more.” During lockdown we could not stand; we kept falling and falling. Many things that were relevant then are not now. Now we flex and rise. And when we finally stand, we will dance.Read more →DISPLAY COPY
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