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June 17, 2019
How Forecasters Predict Fashion Trends
The other week, I got an email from Suitsupply, hepping me to their new “mint” collection of blazers, sweaters, and…
August 2, 2016
20 Things From The ‘90s That Are Back
1. Flannel shirts—went from 2010 urban lumberjack to ‘90s flashback grunge. All it took was tying something you already had around…
October 19, 2015
Are You An Early Adopter Or A Laggard?
At Mr. Porter, Jonathan Openshaw discusses how the Diffusion of Innovation theory, a five-stage trend model popularized in the early…
September 21, 2015
The Phenomenon Of 2000s Street Style Photography
I’m always amazed and horrified by the way the fashion industry can invent a trend, sell the trend, launch or…
May 14, 2015
What Happened To Prep?
In the mid-2000s, prep seemed ascendant. J. Crew sales were booming – critter shorts and tiny-collared OCBDs abounded. Grosgrain enthusiast Thom…
February 12, 2015
The End Of Trends?
Cathy Horyn has an interesting piece in T Magazine about what she calls a “post-trend universe.” That is, where fashion…
January 17, 2014
Oxford Bags
Yesterday’s post on fashion cycles reminded me that I have these photos sitting on my computer. These are “oxford bags”…
May 21, 2012
Consider The Gorge
Trends are a funny thing. Someone takes a good design and exaggerates it a bit, and then someone else exaggerates…
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