Founded by a mentally ill, masc-leaning non-binary artist who loves jewelry and hates tags in clothes, Hamper is a love letter to freaks. It’s a mixed-media outlet aimed to validate your own creative process and to remind you that things don’t have to be perfect or polished (or from fucking New York or LA to matter.)

We cover thrifting, upcycling, vintage trends, cheap clothes, & home decor, the secondhand economy, handmade jewelry and accessories, small businesses, and style for anyone who struggles to find clothes in traditional clothing stores.

This includes but is not limited to: queer and trans people, non-binary icons, fat people, poor people, disabled people, people with sensory issues, and men who like colors. Also skateboarders, chefs, drag queens, and people who do tattoos.

Also, it’s a centralized, living archive for our editor-in-chief to have for their million mini projects and passions on a page and in one place, to have something to show to others and to remind themselves of their power. We hope we can be that for you too.

We post articles here, like interviews with small business owners and style icons we love, blogs, outfit breakdowns, upcycling tutorials, and thrifting tips and recs.

We also make a quarterly print zine.

If you weren’t in love with Kathleen Hanna as a teenager — “zine” is a term for a self- or independently published, small-circulation print magazine. It’s pronounced “zeen” like ‘Zenon, Girl of the 21st Century.’

We accept submissions for any and all of this from comics to collages to essays, interviews, videos, thrifting maps, illustrations, and outfit diaries.

send pitches or finished pieces to hampermag@gmail.com

… We’re eventually launching a podcast called Clothes Friends, which will do deep dives into vintage trends, interviews with people in the secondhand economy & chats with anyone whose closet we want to raid.

🧺 We believe in the power of self-expression & know that personal style makes us feel alive.

🧺 We want to separate the artistic and empowering political aspects of personal style from consumerism, status, and normative beauty standards.

🧺 We think that anyone who wants to deserves the chance to showcase their looks, get their work “in print,” and to see a little more of themselves in a fashion magazine.

🧺 Mostly, we think that traditional fashion media is snobby, elitist, soulless, not inclusive, and generally boring as hell. We all deserve better.