As a designer of women’s clothing for 15 years, Simone Rocha has been committed to presenting a version of womanhood that subverts traditional feminine tropes, a practice she calls “pretty and perverse.” But as the culture reaches its peak “masculinity crisis” moment, Rocha, 39, is now turning more of her attention to men’s wear —…
Mariam Sobayo came achingly close to feeling like she belonged in Ireland. She was born in Dublin on Feb. 10, 2005, just a few weeks after the country halted its longstanding practice of granting citizenship to all children born on Irish soil. Her parents immigrated to Ireland from Nigeria in 2001, and she is the…
In a stately 18th-century Georgian home in Ireland’s capital, the Little Museum of Dublin is where history lets its hair down. “Twenty-nine minutes from now, you and I will have traveled through 200,000 years of Irish history,” Mark McKenna, a museum guide, announced to visitors on a recent tour. “The first 199,000 can be summarized…
