While other industries stride ahead with 3D printing, clothing still has a few hurdles to overcome.
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Plus-size models are in vogue – and it’s about time, too.
The dress Marilyn wore to sing happy birthday to JFK sold at auction recently for a record-breaking $4.8m.
From Hello Kitty and ‘Lolita’ fashion to Pokemon Go, millions of adults are seeking an endless childhood.
Conventional leather is fraught with ethical and environmental issues. But leather grown from fermented kombucha tea offers consumers a glimpse of a DIY, sustainable future.
How we can change the business model of a £50 billion industry to make clothing work better for everyone.
A fashion historian describes the controversial history of the pantsuit – and how Clinton transformed her signature ensemble into a rallying cry for female empowerment.
Paintings that turn into frocks; a model dressed in nine outfits like a Russian doll. A new exhibition by Dutch designers Viktor & Rolf is truly fashion as performance art.
But glossy pages filled with non-models may be a step in the right direction.
Magazines like Vogue are fashion’s gatekeepers, but now style bloggers are democratising the fashion world – and the mags don’t like it.
As a remedy to rampant consumerism and the throwaway culture of fast-fashion, a few clothing brands actively encourage their customers to buy less.
Fashion weeks are becoming less about fashion cliques, and opening up to the masses.
Togolese consumers are increasingly choosing Chinese replicas over ‘authentic’ Dutch wax prints. Their choice raises fundamental questions about the notion of intellectual property.
The fashion industry attracts creative young minds. But to succeed as a designer in a time of rapid technological change, knowledge of maths and science is invaluable.
Fast fashion is the second most wasteful industry on Earth. But with the creation of dresses that charge cellphones and clothes made from recycled bottles, we could be on the verge of a green fashion revolution.
Dress codes in the workplace have a long and complicated history for women – especially those in corporate life.
Popular African musician Papa Wemba, who died recently, has been close to the heartbeat of the continent’s music. His influence will continue long after his death.
The Rana Plaza anniversary is a reminder of the transparency lacking in the garment supply chain for the clothes we wear.
The association of female underclothes with fashion and seduction owes as much to the advertising and film industries as it does to technical innovation.
Regular controversies over breastfeeding might seem like a quirk of contemporary life. But 18th and 19th century clothing reveal that women have been handling the issue of visibility and practicality for centuries.
Top contributors
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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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Professor and Dean of the School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT, RMIT University
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Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Indigenous Research Fellow, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney
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Course Leader, BA (Hons) Fashion Journalism, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
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Lecturer, Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Associate Professor, Fashion History, De Montfort University
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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
