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Maman Creppy was one of Togo’s original Nana Benzes who had created a powerful wax cloth empire.
HMT Empire Windrush passengers are met by officials from the Colonial Office.
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The clothing choices of the Windrush arrivals signified respect both for themselves and the life-changing journey they had undertaken.
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Whalebone is the colloquial English term for a material known as baleen. Baleen is not bone.
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Mismatched, ill-fitting and ‘ugly’ clothes are in so let go of the anxiety of dressing ‘well’ and dress however you want.
The many colour ways of the 8th Street Samba shoe.
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In a saturated market, fatigued by gratuitous partnerships such as Nike x Tiffany & Co., this collaboration has been praised for its timeless authenticity.
A trio of tartan designs by Alexander McQueen on display at Tartan at the V&A Dundee.
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The exhibition’s Alexander McQueen garments show how the designer catapulted tartan into the 21st century, reclaiming its potential for resistance and revolt.
We tend to wear our wedding outfits only a handful a times.
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If you’re going to a wedding this summer, you should consider renting your outfit.
Anne Hathaway, Jared Leto and Salma Hayek at the 2023 Met Gala.
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At Georgian masquerade parties, participants flaunted their status, taste and wealth through ostentatious and creative dress.
Jordan wears his iconic ‘Air Jordan’ Nike sneakers during a game in 1985.
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The film conveys an uncomfortable truth: Jordan was merely a vessel for Nike’s meteoric rise.
Bangladeshi volunteers and rescue workers assist in rescue operations 48 hours after the Rana Plaza garment building collapsed on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 26, 2013.
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Ten years after a garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh, scholars find slow fashion practices hold the keys to a more sustainable, joyful relationship with clothes.
Irish actor Paul Mescal sporting a mullet in 2023.
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In the 17th century, the mullet was written about with imperial and racist overtones.
That cheap statement piece comes at a price: the industry has a ‘murderous disregard for human life.’
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We look back to the 2013 Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed 1,124 people and discuss how much — or how little — has changed for garment-worker conditions today.
The extraordinary life of William Astbury: a pioneer of genetics, fashion, and animal welfare.
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Vegan wool, peanut coats and the discovery of DNA: the forgotten life of scientist William Astbury
Cerise sequin sari from the spring/summer 2023 collection.
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A new exhibition pays homage to the king of sequins, who combines detailed, traditional techniques with unconventional materials.
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When is a four-figure handbag a fashion faux pas? When you’re a character in Succession, rubbing shoulders with some of the richest and snobbiest elitists ever committed to screen.
The AI-generated images of Pope Francis that fooled much of the internet.
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Popes wear white to represent Christlike purity and red to symbolise compassion.
Designs by Denni Francisco at Australian fashion week 2022.
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Wiradjuri woman Denni Francisco will be the first Indigenous designer to have a solo show at Australian Fashion Week.
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From the outset, even Crocs’ co-founders considered them ugly. But Gen Z are making the shoes their own.
Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg in series four of You.
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Season four of You delves into the misogyny and monstrous behaviour that can lurk beyond university facades.
A modern and fun take on traditional Aran knitting by the knitwear designer Di Gilpin and the Paris/Glasgow label La Fetiche.
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Three exhibits stand out in this evocative display of knitted history at Edinburgh’s Dovecot Studios