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Longform

How Vogue Got Modern

Anna Wintour has shaped fashion’s most important magazine for the past 30 years — and it’s shaped us.

By Eliza Brooke

México está lleno de ropa usada de contrabando de los Estados Unidos

Dentro de la economía sumergida que le permite a los mexicanos comprar y vender ropa barata.

By Eileen Guo

How Celebrity Kids Took Over the Modeling Industry

Want to get ahead in fashion? Have a famous parent.

By Eliza Brooke

The Things That Come to Those Who Wait

A sociocultural history of the line.

By Jamie Lauren Keiles
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Cartier Kings

How designer sunglasses have come to represent status and violence in Detroit.

By Zach Goldbaum

Racked’s Very Best Longform of 2017

Read all of this year’s biggest, buzziest features.

By Julia Rubin

Who the Fuck Is Kat Von D?

How a reality TV provocateur became one of the beauty industry’s brightest stars.

By Cheryl Wischhover

Would You Take Out a Loan for a Pair of Jeans?

A new kind of high-interest financial product aims to disrupt how you shop, and how you owe.

By Susie Cagle