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In a world dominated by fast fashion, building a slower wardrobe is the key to living more sustainably, saving money and standing out among the crowd.
Fanatics’ consolidation of the sports card industry risks a stagnant future for the hobby.
Secondhand markets are built to increase consumption, not cut it back.
Through their media savvy, two consultants were able to make the Oscars as much about the attire as the gold statuettes.
Should luxury brands display their logo on everything?
It is important to study clothing items to pinpoint the triggers for sensory over-stimulation.
By 1933, women were increasingly wearing pants but, as one letter to the editor complained, ‘women look far from attractive in them’.
The Victorians were driven to care for their clothes for reasons of thrift, economy and to prevent waste.
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.
Simply trying to avoid synthetic clothing won’t fix our microfibre pollution problem
As fashion norms change, what people wear in public becomes ground zero for hashing out new ideas of race, class and gender.
A heritage-listed hat factory has burned down in Surry Hills. The suburb was once a hub of fashion manufacturing.
If you’re going to a wedding this summer, you should consider renting your outfit.
Ten years after the collapse at Rana Plaza in Bangladesh, the garment industry’s deadliest disaster, reforms are incomplete. The opaqueness of today’s complex supply chain is part of the problem.
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.
By understanding clothing care labels, you can extend the lifespan of your clothes.
On Presidents Day, a women in politics scholar examines the meaning, and sometimes outsized focus, on first ladies’ fashion choices.
Increasing recycled-fibre clothing offerings should not absolve the fashion industry from the urgent need to reduce production overall.
Tests found PFAS in school uniforms, pillows, upholstered furniture and several other items that are often next to children’s skin and near their noses and mouths.
Top contributors
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Director & Associate Professor of Sports Product Design, University of Oregon
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Furman Public Policy Scholar, New York University
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Associate Professor in Fashion and Material Culture, Nottingham Trent University
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University of Southern Queensland
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Lecturer, Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University
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Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Strategy, University of Warwick
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Reader in Global Development and Political Economy, SOAS, University of London
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Project academic lead, Nottingham Trent University
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Oak Foundation Lecturer in History of Dress and Textiles, Courtauld Institute of Art
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Assisstant Teaching Professor, University of Washington
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Honorary Associate Professor of History, The University of Queensland
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Assitant Professor of Organizational Behavior, Yale University
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Reader in Fashion and Textile Crafts, Nottingham Trent University
