Fashion - Topics

The Down Jacket: From Expedition Gear to City Style The Little Black Dress: How One Design Became an Icon How to dress well on a budget Why are vintage clothes making a comeback? Costume Design: How Movies Set Fashion Trends Knitwear Traditions: Fair Isle Aran and Hand Me Downs The Bikini: Scandal Chemistry and Liberation Hats Through History: From Crowns to Caps How has Western fashion influenced global dress? Sneaker Culture and the Resale Economy Traditional Dress and National Identity: Kimono Sari Kilt How do you build a capsule wardrobe on a budget? Virtual Fashion: Skins Avatars and Digital Wardrobes Hair: Why Humans Lost Fur and Kept Some How do fashion icons emerge from music scenes? How does the season affect what we wear? Why is loungewear now part of everyday fashion? What is modest fashion and who drives it? How does streetwear blend fashion with subculture? Why do women's clothes rarely have functional pockets? What is the history of jeans? How did the little black dress become iconic? Why do fashion trends keep repeating themselves? The Pajama and Loungewear Story: Staying In in Style Why do fashion trends return every few decades? The Poncho and the Politics of Cultural Appropriation Wardrobe Essentials and the Capsule Closet Idea Makeup Through the Ages: From Lead White to Clean Beauty The Clothes Hanger and the Hidden Work of Closets Fashion Editors and the Power of the Magazine Page Shoes as Status: From Heels at Versailles to Sneaker Drops Body Image and Sizing: The Tyranny of Numbers