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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.
The success – and failure – of brands like Topshop and Burton has been in lockstep with the high street.
This might sound over the top and rather wasteful. But rental wedding dresses are not uncommon.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
When small regional communities see economic value in animals like snakes and crocodiles, people are motivated to invest in their protection.
Making more sustainable fashion choices doesn't require a massive lifestyle change.
Will men ever escape the tyranny of trousers?
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.
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.
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Teaching Fellow, University of Sydney
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Oak Foundation Lecturer in History of Dress and Textiles, Courtauld Institute of Art
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Senior lecturer in Fashion, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland University of Technology
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Course Leader, BA (Hons) Fashion Journalism, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
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Senior Lecturer in Fashion Marketing and Branding, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor - Deputy Head of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University
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Curator of Indigenous Art, National Gallery of Victoria and Phd Candidate, University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies, Fashion, University of the Arts London
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Associate Professor of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Assistant Professor of Fashion Design, Ethics and Sustainability, School of Fashion, Ryerson University
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Professor, Lectra Fashion and Technology Chair, ESCP Europe
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Affiliate professor at ESCP Europe and Professor, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
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Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer, Western Sydney University
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Research associate, University of Sydney
