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Colonialism

Settlement, extraction and the argument still being had about both.

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9:53

Jersey

Jersey is a sovereign-seeming island — not a stitch, not a fabric, not a fashion statement.
8:59

Guayabera

A shirt that refuses to be tucked is a political act disguised as a tailoring rule.
8:36

Aloha shirt

It is not tropical kitsch—it is the first American shirt designed to hang free and mean something while doing it.
9:19

Khaki

Khaki is camouflage with paperwork attached.
10:27

Parka

The parka isn’t versatile—it’s a specialist: built for Arctic stillness, not city motion.
10:01

Safari jacket

A colonial field garment repurposed as leisurewear — useful, loaded, and never neutral.