The grubbiness of Abercrombie & Fitch
Looking back at the era my friends and I grew up in, I see something nasty in the aspirations we…
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The Victoria’s Secret show belongs to a chauvinist past
The lingerie brand’s fashion show has returned after six years away – but, no longer able to sell the priapic…
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The invention of the Teddy boy
How the subculture emerged from postwar London’s tribal landscape of fashion, class and violence.
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Coco Chanel’s second coming
The V&A’s exhibition focuses on the designer’s clothes – with little attention given to her equally spectacular life.
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Don’t let TikTok tell you how to dress
Influencers are charging hundreds of dollars for consultations to tell you how to dress for your “seasonal colours” or “Kibbe…
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How clothing repair schemes are fighting fast fashion
France is reducing waste by compensating people who fix damaged garments.
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Politicians should never wear trainers
No fashion can camouflage political insincerity.
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The Shein influencer trip shouldn’t have shocked us
Influencers have always been brand megaphones and PR tools.
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A circular economy isn’t enough – we also need to consume less
Why the Swedish concept of “lagom” could prove key to tackling emissions excess.
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As a charity shop obsessive, I fear fast fashion’s impact on our relationship with our clothes
Clothes will just be clothes, stripped of context and sentiment.
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Inside the downfall of Edward Enninful
Did the former Vogue editor really live up to his mission?
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Mary Quant: “Technology and culture are the same thing”
The ground-breaking fashion designer has died at the age of 93. In 1990, she spoke to Deborah Orr for the…
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Beauty standards are changing at speed. What’s the impact on our bodies?
Applying fast fashion standards to our bodies through normalised cosmetic surgery is a disturbing and dangerous trend.
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The fall of fast fashion
Asos has posted disappointing results. For high streets, that can only be good news.
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Vivienne Westwood: “I don’t think about posterity at all”
The fashion designer on environmental activism, her friendship with Julian Assange and why punk was just a ”marketing opportunity”.
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The Sewing Bee’s Esme Young: “Now I’m older, I think – whatever! Go for it!”
The TV judge and designer on partying with Pink Floyd and David Bowie, dressing Grace Jones, and collecting animal skulls.
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Why everyone wants to be friends with Edward Enninful
The editor of British Vogue is one of a select few magazine editors who has come to transcend his title.
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BBC Radio 4’s Torn takes a fresh look at fashion history
This documentary series explores the impact of fashion through the ages – from its role in slavery to driving at…
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Nick Beighton on building the Asos empire
The former Asos CEO explains what the future holds for fast fashion.
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From the NS archive: How New Labour brought out ladies’ legs
11 September 2000: The political significance of the return of fishnets.
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