Fashion
why I’m cutting my wardrobe down to ten items this month
The rise of fast fashion has led to huge increases in the amount of clothes made, bought and thrown away.
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Author: Peter_McNeil
Fashion
in hand-making 400-year-old corset designs, I was able to really understand how they impacted women
In this new series, Remaking History, academics take a look at the ways they are recreating historical practices, and how
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Fashion
André Leon Talley dreamed of a life ‘in the pages of Vogue, where bad things never happened’
Every time we see a “fashion moment”, we use the words of André Leon Talley, from his description of Galliano’s
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How we can use the law to make the fashion industry fairer to women and the earth
In March 1911, in a garment factory in Manhattan, over 100 people, mostly Jewish and Italian women migrants, some as
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Friday essay: Chanel’s complex legacy
Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, friend of artist Jean Cocteau and lover of musician Igor Stravinsky, transformed women’s fashion across the world.
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What is adaptive clothing and how can it make life easier for people with a disability?
Have you ever tried to do up a zip or button a shirt one-handed? Put on a pair of jeans
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Fashion
Freddie Mercury 30 years on – remembering the theatrical, eccentric genius
There is no doubt that Freddie Mercury was a genius: it’s clear in his music, his theatrical performances, and his
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Fashion
Praise for Kim Kardashian’s Skims ignores her family’s relationship with body augmentation
Kim Kardashian’s much talked about shapewear brand, Skims, made headlines in September for its most recent campaign featuring her sister
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How clothing giants Gap and Benetton once ruled the fashion high street
In 1969, Don Fisher was having difficulty finding the right size of Levi’s jeans in traditional clothing stores. His solution
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Fashion
Sustainability must start with universities if the fashion industry is to change
With six weeks to go until COP26, the delayed 2020 UN climate change conference in Glasgow, many people are considering
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