The extensive, hooped robes worn by women of all ages in the 18th-century court of Queen Charlotte had been not just the style of the time, but a regal need. But in the satisfaction gardens and coffee houses, a trend revolution was below way. Girls and males were being rejecting […]
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Flash the flesh: why dressing sexy is back in fashion | Fashion
Sex never goes out of fashion. The survival of the human race depends on it, for starters, so like sleeping and eating, sex isn’t going anywhere. But sexy? Sexy is different. Sexy has been kind of off-message, fashion-wise, for the past few years. Sexy has been uncool. But lately sexy […]
Dressing Dakar: a fashion city from artisan tailoring to haute couture | Global development
Jackets are hung on one wall of Bada Seck’s single-room atelier in the Ngor arrondissement of Dakar in Senegal, dresses are arranged along another. Half-made garments lie on top of an unused sewing machine and bags of fabric cover the floor. Seck’s workshop, in this former fishing village on the […]
Why is everyone dressing like a whimsical prairie milkmaid? | Fashion
Listen, can we have a quick chat? Nothing to get worried about. But we need to talk about your summer months gown. You know the one particular. The very long, unfastened 1 perhaps with smocking or shirring on the bodice. Oh, and the puffy sleeves – it’s definitely acquired puffy […]
Dressing for a Hotter Planet: In the Philippines, Designers Are Creating Compelling Alternatives to Fast Fashion
For Mariton Villanueva, founding Himaya meant creating a model that functions as a full antithesis of quickly trend. However it was officially started in 2019, with Villanueva’s university capstone project serving as the brand’s very first selection, Himaya seriously has its roots in Villanueva’s childhood, when she would visit her […]