We are inundated with images of our bodies, and the bodies of others. The bodies of those directly around us, the bodies of those on our phone, the bodies that we think we should have, the bodies we actually have. What is beyond this? What is beyond the body?
Issue 17 does not presume to answer this question, but explores the power that the body—and its incredibly complicated codependence with the mind—has beyond the scope of traditional beauty standards. Off the Cuff is, at its core, a community committed to pushing the boundaries of what the fashion and arts industry has conventionally accepted and perpetuated. This issue is a love letter to the sensory power of the human body and the miracles underneath our skin that have little to do with the way we look. The fashion industry has historically given so much currency to the “ideal body type,” isolating so many and uplifting so few. This issue, however, is an ode to everybody and every body.
