The new generation are completely different to the past. They ask for more information, they are more personal in their point of view. My son looks to see if the T-shirt is cotton, where the cotton is from. There is a completely different audience with different values and ideas about what is good and not good. | | | | "Two cyberpunks." UK, late 1990s.
(Universal Images Group/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “The new generation are completely different to the past. They ask for more information, they are more personal in their point of view. My son looks to see if the T-shirt is cotton, where the cotton is from. There is a completely different audience with different values and ideas about what is good and not good.”
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 | New Republic |
| A sweeping new show is a limp defense of clothing design's place in the art world. | | |
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 | Quartz |
| The modern fashion system, with 'seasons' of changing trends conceived in a Western design studio, was born as France's answer to Indian cloth. | | |
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 | The Fashion Law |
| Shoppers in at least one of Zara's outposts in Instanbul have reportedly found unusual tags affixed to the garments, which include pleas from Turkish workers, who say they have not been paid for working to manufacture the Spanish fast fashion giant's garments and accessories. | | |
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 | Garage Magazine |
| What happens when a fashion photographer throws clothing and body image concerns out the window? | | |
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| Quartz |
| The Huarache's story, as told in the new book 'Sneakers,' is a lesson in giving unusual new ideas a chance to succeed. | | |
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 | Dazed Digital |
| The 1995 cult classic depicts a vision of techies as stylish, punk and sexy -- over twenty years later that aesthetic and attitude is nowhere to be seen. | | |
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 | The Hairpin |
| We need to talk about cold ankles. | | |
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 | Glossy |
| Kering's sustainability strategy hinges on the company's ability to bring its network of suppliers up to speed. To do so, the company's head of sustainability, Marie-Claire Daveu, has put practices in place that use communication and patience to get suppliers to reduce waste and eliminate pollution. | | |
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| On Monday morning, a pioneering study exploring why and how the fashion supply chain is changing was released to a select group of press and designers at NeueHouse in New York City. The CFDA, alongside DHL, its official logistics partner, and in collaboration with Accenture, CFDA's innovation partner, developed the study titled "The Human-Centered Supply Chain - Delivered by DHL." | | |
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 | Los Angeles Times |
| Jeans and T-shirts aren't the only fashion looks coming out of free-spirited Los Angeles anymore. More designers are creating sophisticated styles and upping the fashion game in the West Coast city. Here are nine to watch. | | |
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 | The Business of Fashion |
| Feeder programmes at key schools may be the secret to landing an entry-level position at a top fashion house. | | |
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 | WWD |
| Resonance enables fashion designers to build businesses by providing an engine for small brands. | | |
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 | Deutsche Welle |
| A new Frankfurt exhibition traces Jil Sander's career as a top influential modern fashion designer. Through nine different angles, it considers how her quintessential German minimalism has impacted style up to today. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Before it refashioned itself as a voice of resistance, the magazine was a hub for young women who took style seriously. | | |
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 | University of Washington |
| A new type of smart fabric developed at the University of Washington could pave the way for jackets that store invisible passcodes and open the door to your apartment or office. | | |
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 | Highsnobiety |
| Aleks Eror explores whether the fashion industry is guilty of hypocrisy after banning infamous photographer Terry Richardson. | | |
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| WWD |
| Ahead of Future releasing the Furykaze sneaker, WWD explores the partnership, which helped revive Reebok’s Classic line, and how these celebrity collaborations have evolved. | | |
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 | Sixth Tone |
| Armed with big data and vast budgets, the e-commerce giant is fighting an endless game of cat and mouse with crooked sellers. | | |
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| Glossy |
| Streetwear, a notorious boys' club, is spending more time in the spotlight of mainstream fashion as heavyweight Supreme rises to billion-dollar brand status and retailers like Bergdorf Goodman carry inventory from Kith. But is women's streetwear rising along with it? In this series, we'll ask women inside streetwear to weigh in on the current standing and potential for their category. | | |
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 | Retail Dive |
| The company's sales declines were mostly from its planned retreat from department stores and slowed discounts, but it still has work to do when it comes to its product strategy. | | |
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