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...“They are our two key moments in the fashion cycle,” he said....
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...The speed at which viral trends can be brought to market has become the deciding factor in how much revenue a fast fashion group can capture from the younger generation....
...One to snap up before any blouse-mad fashion designer gets there....
...A marathon today is like fashion week for the running community....
...“Albini intercepted trends and he transformed them into clothes,” says fashion historian Enrica Morini, one of the two curators of the exhibition....
...The esteemed fashion journalist Suzy Menkes, then of the International Herald Tribune, even distributed badges reading “Grunge is ghastly”, to make her feelings on the subject crystal clear — though the...
...“Made in Japan” continues to be globally synonymous with quality but, despite a handful of successes over the past decade, new talents have struggled to influence fashion on an international scale....
...Both also ignited what may be 2024’s biggest trend: “cowboycore” western fashion. One question stuck in the mind: since when did US fashion become so self-referential?...
...Even as her fan club, grew, she continued to ignore trends dictated by the runway and embraced her own vibrant, clashing style....
...Fashion houses are sponsoring book podcasts, and a recent TikTok interiors trend is called bookshelf wealth....
...It’s an idea that committed devotee of the “pantless trend” (a proclivity for wearing large knickers or similar in lieu of trousers) Leandra Medine Cohen, who also writes the Cereal Aisle newsletter on Substack...
...The grim aggregate trends, however, belie positive national-level lessons that may serve as a guide for how governments everywhere can move forward....
...“It makes me feel like myself and not trying to resemble something that I saw or a trend that’s looming over us.”...
...“Fashion designers go to visual books for inspiration,” says Andelman. “But this trend for reading novels is a way to stop time....
...For a summer wedding, a Thom Browne shorts suit is my go-to,” he says, but observes that they have been slow to take off outside of fashion circles....
...on year, according to fashion search platform Lyst....
...I was out of trend. And after this I think there was quiet luxury, and I still believe I’m out of trend.” He smiles. “So maybe because I’m out of trend, I’m actually more trendy?”...
...Sheer clothes have been a trend too — as seen at Saint Laurent....
...My square jaw doesn’t suit the masculine, navy Mechanic’s Hat by utilitarian label Labour & Wait (£60, labourandwait.co.uk); but equally I’m not fashion-forward enough to pull off the kind of high-crowned...
...Size matters in fashion — but bigger isn’t always better....
...H&M, which trades on a forward price earnings multiple of 15.9 times compared to Inditex on 22.1 times, is slower than rivals to respond to trends....
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