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Fashion Features

Challenging a Fatphobic Industry to Adapt

Writer and consultant Aja Barber has been five different dress sizes in two decades. Kenyan designer Anyango Mpinga says her body changes throughout each month. They’re not alone. The average…

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How to Reach Customers Who Still Don’t Like Shopping for Clothes Online

Neiman Marcus had been planning a gradual rollout of its customer service app, called Connect, which allows employees to recommend products and offer style tips directly to shoppers, even when…

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Gen Z Still Loves Fast Fashion, but Boohoo Investors are Spooked

Posted on July 15, 2020July 15, 2020
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Lucy Maguire & George Arnett

Gen Z are often cited as the most sustainably minded generation. But for a large proportion of young consumers, it’s not easy to stop buying £9 dusty pink cropped lounge…

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News

London Fashion Week to Go Ahead With Physical Shows in September

Posted on July 15, 2020July 15, 2020
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Maddison Glendinning

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced that London Fashion Week will go ahead with physical shows in September. The official dates for the gender-neutral showcase have been announced as…

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Hood By Air Is Back, and It’s Ready to Radicalize Fashion

Posted on July 14, 2020July 15, 2020
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Rachel Tashjian

Fashion insiders have come to remember Hood By Air, which went on hiatus in 2017, as a savior of New York fashion that was way ahead of its time,…

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Business

Gen Z isn’t ready to rent clothes — yet

Posted on July 8, 2020July 8, 2020
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Lucy Maguire

Liam Baines, 20, from Manchester shops regularly for second-hand clothes on Depop, but is uncertain when asked about renting clothes. “I see the environmental benefits of rental but I want…

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Business

Websites Used to be Secondary to Stores. That Dynamic is Shifting.

Posted on July 8, 2020July 8, 2020
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Maghan McDowell

Investing in online is now no longer a choice for fashion. At a time when most stores have been closed to traditional shoppers, omnichannel services are burgeoning, prompting a…

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The Pandemic Is Rewriting the Rules of Retail

Posted on July 8, 2020
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Denise Lee Yohn

Retailers need to stop expecting business to return to “normal.” There’s no going back to how it was anytime soon. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic and economic crisis, brick-and-mortar…

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Lifestyle

Can Fashion Be Redeemed?

Luxury fashion’s love of hierarchies has never been subtle. Telling people what they should look like often also requires telling them what’s unacceptable: To spend money on feeling better,…

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American Eagle Outfitters Launches New Slow Fashion Business ‘Unsubscribed’

Posted on July 1, 2020July 6, 2020
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Gabriella Lacombe

American Eagle Outfitters is shifting from its typical fast fashion model with the launch of ‘Unsubscribed’, a new women’s apparel and accessories business focused on what the company has called…

Challenging a Fatphobic Industry to Adapt

How to Reach Customers Who Still Don’t Like Shopping for Clothes Online

Gen Z Still Loves Fast Fashion, but Boohoo Investors are Spooked

Fashion Trends

FENDI x Chaos launch their AW21 capsule collection

Embrace the Humble Water Shoe, 2020’s Weirdest Trend

Handbags… A Status Symbol of the Past?

Can Nike’s Space Hippie Line Make Sustainability Cool to Sneakerheads?

Could This Trend Replace Bike Shorts?

London Fashion Week to Go Ahead With Physical Shows in September

Hood By Air Is Back, and It’s Ready to Radicalize Fashion

Gen Z isn’t ready to rent clothes — yet

MADE Trends on Pinterest

Websites Used to be Secondary to Stores. That Dynamic is Shifting.

The Pandemic Is Rewriting the Rules of Retail

Fashion News

Moncler and Rick Owens Launch New Collab Collection

YouTube Launches Programming That Celebrates Black Leaders in Fashion

Crocs Stock Rises After Justin Bieber Teases Collaboration

These Are Fashion’s New Heirlooms

Gucci and The North Face Announce Collaboration

American Eagle Outfitters Launches New Slow Fashion Business ‘Unsubscribed’