Joanna Walsh

Nov 15, 2023 | spikeartmagazine.com | Joanna Walsh

What is the difference between text and texture? Can luxurious prose provoke a desire for expensive clothes, or is all luxury now “quiet”? In her November column, Joanna Walsh discusses Phoebe Philo’s solo debut, silent mythological girls, and Walter Benjamin’s take on TikTok. It’s fall and texture is – as it is, every fall – very big right now. I mean it’s literally big, like the “big bird” coat from Phoebe Philo’s long-awaited and astronomically expensive redux collection.

Oct 18, 2023 | spikeartmagazine.com | Joanna Walsh

Why do we dream of a fashion that suits everyone on every occasion? In her October column, Joanna Walsh muses over the concept of “classic” and the hard work of buckling social structures larger than your wardrobe. I finally sold the Isabel Marant biker jacket I’d bought myself for a fortieth birthday present. I’d had it long enough for its oversized cut to be in Vogue again. And it was saleable – in near perfect condition – because I’d hardly worn it. Why?

Sep 20, 2023 | spikeartmagazine.com | Joanna Walsh

What is it like to “like” in the era of influencer fashion? Does desiring to emulate mean accepting one’s artificial self? In her September column, Joanna Walsh considers the difference between looking and being “like.”The first time it happened I was eleven, and she wasn’t anyone IRL, just a photo. I’m not even sure she was “she,” or even “he.” They might have been “they,” not in the gender-neutral sense, but in the sense of a swarm. What were they?

Aug 16, 2023 | spikeartmagazine.com | Joanna Walsh

How do clothes “become” us? If the goal is to look effortlessly like ourselves, is style subtraction? In her August column, Joanna Walsh looks at what we should get rid of when choosing minimalism. With all the time and thought (and money) I have spent on clothes, with all the rules, how can I keep on making mistakes? How can my outfit still sometimes miss the mark? How could I have thought that this look was (as fashion mags have it) “me.” Style is a gamble. It can only be felt along the bone.

Jan 25, 2023 | wanderingwriter.substack.com | Joanna Walsh