The sale of women’s backpacks is up by more than 20 per cent in the past year: but why can’t we just call it a backpack? Why does it have to be a ‘lady backpack?’
Can a machine understand style? Facebook’s Fashion++ system recommends small changes to an outfit to make it more fashionable.
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Algorithm-based apps can recommend clothes based on what other people have worn, but they have a long way to go before they understand fashion.
You would recognise their designs: bright, bold, colours; clothing filled with fun. Step into Paradise gives us a glance at the women, as well as the fashion.
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With bright colours and a celebration of Australiana, designers Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson came to define Australian fashion. A new exhibition traces their nearly 50 years of creation.
Indigenous fashion design today is being shaped by First Nations people at every level.
Zara says it will only use sustainable textiles in the future to do its part in the climate crisis. This image is from a Zara shop in Singapore, 2019.
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Zara, a fast-fashion clothing company, recently pledged to produce its line using only sustainable textiles. But it is not enough to curb the company’s significant impact on climate change.
Philip Green at his flagship Topshop store in New York.
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Many of the gowns and costumes at this year’s Met Gala attempted to capture the essence of camp, and in trying to do so missed the point of camp entirely.
Antoine Arnault (second from left), son of Bernard Arnault and member of the LVMH board of directors, visited the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral the day after the fire.
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The biggest names in France’s luxury industry have given millions of euros to help rebuild Notre Dame. Questioning why they would do so overlooks the deep historical and religious roots of the industry.
Consumers should ask: “who made my clothes” so that they remember the modern slavery conditions imposed on many garment workers.
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Fashion Revolution week puts a spotlight on the modern slavery conditions of the fashion industry and encourages fashion consumers to ask, “who made my clothes.”
Leggings on women challenge all kinds of conventions about how they take up space with their strong and active bodies.
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A feminist philosopher and fitness writer challenges a mother who recently asked Notre Dame University to ban leggings on campus. Leggings allow women to move like superheroes, she says.
‘Arroz con Pollo’ by US artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, part of the ‘Basquiat – Schiele’ exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, 2018.
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Prada and Louis Vuitton are just two major brand names to make a big play in the art world. But if you are looking for innovation you may be disappointed.
Yellow anaconda (snake) skins pegged to dry by indigenous people in Argentina.
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