Raegan Rubin

Reagan is a London-based freelance journalist and regular Schön! contributor with over four years of editorial experience. Recently graduating from Central Saint Martins with a First Class Honours in Fashion Journalism, her specialised subjects are art and fashion history, subcultures, social justice, sustainability, LGBTQ+ and Fetish culture. From articles on student sex work and beauty satire to Austenshire and the 'Lolita effect', her interests are broad and she throws herself into the research process as a rule of thumb. Reagan also regularly consults authors, academics and experts in their fields to produce work that's as focused and succinct as possible. For a moving investigative piece on cotton laundering in Boohoo's supply chain, she spoke to the brand's Global Head of Corporate Affairs Cheryl Chung, Conservative MP Bob Seely, investment analyst Adrian Lowcock and the U.K. Director of World Uyghur Congress Rahima Mahmut among others.

She has recently produced the first episode in a four-part docuseries about Fetish fashion. Named Saturnalia, it traces the origins of fetish-wear from underground kinks and subcultures to high-street staples. The project has required extensive archival research on LGBTQ+ subcultures, filming at Fetish raves and London Fashion Week and dialogues with sex workers, designers and subculture forecasters. It also includes interviews with legendary photographers Nick Knight and Derek Ridgers, former i-D editor Caryn Franklin and Skin Two editor Timothy Woodward, and fetish artists Parma Ham and Miss Meatface. The series is scheduled to screen in September.

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