Rachelle Hruska MacPherson's sweaters are the talk of the town. By Booth Moore Out of this awards season’s politically charged zeitgeist, one unlikely fashion brand has emerged: Lingua Franca, ...

2018 was a banner year for Lingua Franca. Designer Rachelle Hruska had created the label two years prior, after taking up embroidery to help manage her postpartum anxiety and depression. By then, its ...

A trans Filipina in Brooklyn has troubles of both the romantic and immigration-status ilk in writer-director-star Isabel Sandoval's quietly involving drama. There’s a simultaneous delicacy and ...

Isabel Sandoval's luminous third feature announces the arrival of a new era of trans auteurs. The austere climes of Brighton Beach always add a cold sense of isolation to film, in contrast to the more ...

From fashion executive to fashion model. Former J.Crew president and current “RHONY” star Jenna Lyons took a turn on the catwalk for Lingua Franca‘s first-ever runway show Tuesday night, styled as a ...

Lingua Franca, the magazine of academic life, closed abruptly last month. Appreciations for the publication founded by Jeffrey Kittay in 1990 continue to appear, and many of its friends (including me) ...