Vestoj

I came across this intriguingly brainy fashion journal a few years ago at C’H’C’M. I misread the subheading and sub-subheading as one statement: “THE JOURNAL OF SARTORIAL MATTERS ON DOUBT.” The prospect thrilled me, and I was a little disappointed to realize that doubt was not a recurring theme (doubt is definitely a recurring theme for me). I keep coming back to Mary Wang’s essay on impending motherhood, Candace Opper’s essay on 1990s-era suburban mall fashion, and Renate Strauss’s archive of fashion doubt. There’s more I have yet to read, including a short story by Kate Chopin. (Reprints and excerpts are the funkier cheeses on the magazine charcuterie board; I love them, which is why I found Lapham’s Quarterly so irresistible—I hope the print edition comes back.)