Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019) was a presence in the fashion world for so long that he seemed immortal. With his passing, we look at his impact and future legacy.
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Consumers are only benefitting from cheap clothes at considerable cost to the environment and by exploitation of a poor, vulnerable garment workers.
Being the media-savvy women that they were, suffragists realized they needed to come up with a meaningful, recognizable brand.
Optical illusions appear when our brains have trouble moulding raw sensory data into shapes and patterns. Designers have been exploiting this process for centuries.
Lynes was a highly sought-after commercial and fashion photographer in the 1930s and 1940s. But he had to keep his most important body of work hidden away.
Celebrities are turning away from the fields that made them famous and becoming amateur experts.
Powerful forces in Québec have long kept tabs on women’s dress codes, and therefore women’s bodies.
Striking 20th-century garment workers wore their best dresses and hats to send a message that they had the right to be taken seriously and have their voices heard.
Ancient Egyptians believed shaving was associated with cleanliness but Greeks were proud of their beards, which symbolised authority and wisdom.
This exhibition is perfectly timed – feminism and fashion need Mary Quant now more than ever.
The de Young Museum of San Francisco recently opened an exhibit devoted to the Islamic fashion scene. Here’s how Muslim women’s fashions challenge popular stereotypes.
The age of the independent fashion house is over, the luxury market is now about the big conglomerates.
Monobrow, Instabrow, Scousebrow: here’s one facial feature that deserves more attention.
For a while Shoes of Prey could do no wrong. So what happened?
On the front lines were female tennis players who refused to adhere to the club dress codes that banned them.
Although it has ballooned in recent years, the market for men’s cosmetics isn’t just a modern phenomenon.
There is nothing new about a shoe fetish. Fairy tales have long featured amazing, high-tech footwear: from seven-league boots to glass slippers to red shoes.
BlacKkKlansman is more than a good story: it expertly weaves together comedy with serious drama to bring the story of past racism to illuminate our present day issues.
About 100 billion items of clothing are produced each year. That’s not sustainable fashion.
Specific predictions go obsolete fast, but some common themes are emerging – convenience, fragmentation, intelligence, personalisation and experience.
Principais colaboradores
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Teaching Fellow, University of Sydney
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Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor in Fashion Marketing and Branding, Nottingham Trent University
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Oak Foundation Lecturer in History of Dress and Textiles, Courtauld Institute of Art
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Chancellor’s Indigenous Research Fellow, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor and Dean of the School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT, RMIT University
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Lecturer, Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University
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Course Leader, BA (Hons) Fashion Journalism, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
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Associate Professor, Fashion History, De Montfort University
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Associate Professor of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Professor, Lectra Fashion and Technology Chair, ESCP Business School
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Associate Professor - Deputy Head of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University
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Visiting Scholar: School of Architecture and School of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer, Fashion Enterprise, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor, Design History and Theory, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
