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Fashion in the news: the power of yellow vests

Every Friday, FashionUnited selects the most interesting reads about the fashion industry published across UK and international news outlets. Here’s what you may have missed: The importance of fashion for political protests Protesters wearing yellow vests have taken France by storm since November. Initially motivated by a sharp increase in...

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The year of ‘meme fashion’: the most-searched brands and trends of 2018

More than 80 million shoppers from 120 countries used fashion search engine Lyst in 2018. But what were they looking for? One no longer has to wonder, for the company has published its annual report of the year's most-searched brands, products and trends. Turns out 2018 was “the year of meme fashion”, with unusual items such as Balenciaga’s...

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The price of ugly fashion

Fashion has gone ugly. And none more so than at Balenciaga. It’s colossal Triple S trainers, released in 2017, are an orthopaedic mishmash of three soles, so bulky they could be mistaken for shoe tractors. Similarly, its off-kilter silhouettes, normcore exaggerated proportions and big dose of East European street looks define a new era of luxury...