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Everett Collection The Polarizing Movie That Paved the Way for Barbie-mania
Decades ago, the two fashion outlaws of Bonnie and Clyde stole the spotlight—and changed the rules of Hollywood marketing.
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Ronald Dumont / Hulton Archive / Getty The Not-So-Sexy Origins of the Miniskirt
The fashion designer Mary Quant, who died at 93, recognized the power—and danger—of the mini.
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Gareth Fuller / Redux The Elitist History of Wearing Black to Funerals
Today, mourning attire is subdued and dutiful. It wasn’t always that way.
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Richard Kalvar / Magnum Seriously, What Are You Supposed to Do With Old Clothes?
There are no good solutions to the problems of closet clean-out.
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Christian Witkin / Trunk Archive André Leon Talley Defined Style on His Own Terms
The pioneering editor had a vision for a more democratic fashion world—and it stretched far past the pages of Vogue.
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Araki Koman Normcore: Just Your Average, Everyday Paradox
The impossible tension of an anti-fashion portmanteau
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Kathy Willens / AP How Outfits Define Those Who Wear Them
In many works of art, clothes are more than mere decoration; they are vital elements of story: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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The Atlantic Hill Staffers Are Wearing Sneakers Now
Congress is modernizing thanks to the pandemic. But it still has a long way to go.
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Yasutomo Ebisu The Personality Test in Your Closet
The novelist Haruki Murakami’s understated love letters to his T-shirts convey how we give life to our things and vice versa.
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Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin The Nasty Logistics of Returning Your Too-Small Pants
What happens to the stuff you order online after you send it back?
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Photo Illustration by Mark Harris Always the Gold Sandal
I’m a fashion designer. My muses are working-class Black women, like my mom and grandma.
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Sean Zanni / Patrick McMullan / Getty The Real Game Changer at the Met Gala
It’s not Bennifer or AOC.
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Jeff Kravitz / Theo Wargo / Jamie McCarthy … The Man Loves the Extra Publicity
The Met Gala is where people go to make empty statements. No one at the event is rebelling against the power structure.
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Toronto Star Archives/Getty Neckties Are the New Bow Ties
Now that tie wearers have tasted freedom, no one should expect them to go back.
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Michael Ochs Archives/Getty The 1970s Fashion Designer Who Was Outlandishly Ahead of His Time
Twenty years ago, fashion lost the visionary designer—and prophet—behind P-Funk and Kiss.
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Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin Burn All the Leggings
What do you wear to the reopening of society?
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Illustration by Barbara Rego* Ultra-fast Fashion Is Eating the World
Even a pandemic can’t stop people from buying clothes they don’t need.
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Jooeun Bae Fashion’s Racism and Classism Are Finally Out of Style
It’s time for the luxury industry to grapple with its history and entrenched hierarchies.
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STX Entertainment How Hustlers Captured the Excesses of Prerecession Fashion
The film’s costume designer, Mitchell Travers, talks about fur, glitter, and the characters’ changing relationships with wealth.
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JP Yim / Getty Isabel Toledo: Beyond the Michelle Obama Dress
The late fashion designer, best known for creating the first lady’s 2009 inauguration-ceremony look, imbued her work with a love of diversity.
