Skinny models. White male designers. Shoulder pads. This year, fashion failed on many of its promises.
It started with all the talk about how we were going back. Back to the office. Back to normalcy after two years of pandemic upheavals. Back to — maybe — actual dressing. Remember?
Turns out, when it came to fashion, one part of that was exactly right. In 2023, we went back. And not just to big 1980s shoulders and bigger Edwardian sleeves or even Y2K trends: low-rise cargos, cropped tops, Uggs.
But back to skinny models. Back to mostly white men getting the top jobs at big fashion brands. Back to the flying circus of
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