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Should luxury brands display their logo on everything?
A British mantua c. 1708.
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If you’ve watched many period dramas, you’ve probably seen a mantua. It was worn over a pair of stays (corset) and an often contrasting petticoat. The draping fabric created a front-opening gown.
Dazzle camouflage costume ball at the Chelsea Arts Club in 1919.
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Pyjamas all Christmas day or a jaunty festive silk scarf, these five trends should be brought back this holiday.
Aboriginal Display at the Brisbane Exhibition, 1914.
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First Nations people have been making and crafting clothes and accessories for millennia, and for international exhibitions for hundreds of years.
Egbe Jagunmolu obirin age group in their aso ebi for the Ojude Oba Festival in Southwest Nigeria. Samuel Alabi/AFP.
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Aso ebi - colourful fabrics worn at social events in NIgeria - makes parties glamorous but the cost can also be burdensome.
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An expensive purchase price may not guarantee that your product will hold its value.
Josephine with her hair in the coiffure à la victime style in Napoleon.
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A shorn haircut known as the coiffure à la victime, paid tribute to guillotined prisoners whose hair was loped off before execution.
The glamourous aspect of fashion obscures the health and socio-environmental issues of the textile industry.
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The production, use and end-of-life of clothing all have an impact on our health. But greater ecological awareness could turn the tide.
The designer herself.
Phoebe Philo
By removing herself from fashion’s centre stage for five years, the much-lauded British designer managed to whip up serious anticipation for her new collection.
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Australia has the world’s biggest carbon footprint from fashion. This is one area where changing our personal clothing choices can make a big difference, just as it did in the second world war.
Cyber goths in London.
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Goth has always been about mixing things up and adapting what you find to fit your own aesthetic.
An appearance in the 2023 Barbie movie has given the shoe brand an extra push.
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It’s not just the Barbie effect, Birkenstock’s brand equity has been rising for years.
The Shorts Protest of 1930 brought more than 600 students to the steps of Robinson Hall at Dartmouth College.
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As fashion norms change, what people wear in public becomes ground zero for hashing out new ideas of race, class and gender.
Dior Men summer 2023 group shot in front of a Charleston reconstruction.
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The Bloomsbury group’s distaste for formality helped to set the foundations for how we dress today.
The abaya is typically paired with a headscarf to cover the hair.
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In some conservative countries, the abaya is part of expected dress. But in countries where Muslims are in the minority, the abaya can be a way for women to connect with their religious identity.
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The Missing Thread is a careful and honest curation of black identity and displacement.
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From her early designs that brought flowing silouhettes into fashion to her iconic evening wear, this is a must-see exhibition for any fan of fashion.
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A new draft law on public security includes a clause criminalising the wearing of clothes that might be ‘hurtful to the spirit and sentiments of the nation’.
Labor Senator Jana Stewart at the 2023 Midwinter Ball.
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It would have amazed campaigners from 1967 to see people today wearing outfits that overtly describe the movement.
Kofi Ansah changed fashion in Ghana after his return from the UK.
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International career mobility can give people valuable knowledge and expertise to be used in their home country.