Vanessa Friedman
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What does it mean for fashion to look human? (opens the original)
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In an age of AI, designers at Dolce & Gabbana, Bottega Veneta and Jil Sander ponder the question. Vogue World, that nominal celebration of fashion and creativity that kicked off Milan Fashion Week and is starting to make Zoolander seem like nonfiction, may have been widely mocked for its mixture of Gigi-Hadid-as-a-Renaissance-princess and dancing robots. But it got one thing right: the identity crisis that fashion is experiencing in the age of technology. How to showcase the desirability of the
Are shirt buttons sexist? (opens the original)
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What’s the point of having men’s and women’s shirt buttons on different sides? Question: Why can’t manufacturers of women’s clothing put the shirt buttons on the right side? The days of women having someone dress them are long gone. Our jeans have the buttons on the right, but our tops migrate to the left. Please explain the difference. Answer: This is one of those questions that seems minor at first, and then becomes more and more resonant the more you think about it. It is genuinely strange th
Gloria Steinem's glamour was a means to an end (opens the original)
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Of the millions of words associated with Gloria Steinem, the pioneering feminist and co-founder of Ms. magazine who died Wednesday, at age 92, perhaps the most famous were those she uttered as a casual aside during a birthday party in 1974. A reporter observed that she didn't look her age, Steinem remembered. "This is what 40 looks like," she retorted. "We've been lying for so long, who would know?" Little wonder Steinem became not just the voice but also the face of feminism, its aviator-wearin
What’s the deal with all of the shirtdresses? (opens the original)
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Q: I am curious about the re-emergence of shirtdresses, an article of clothing I associate with the 1950s. I began to notice them among many of the young mothers I see outside schools and then all over the media. What is behind this trend? – Pamela A: Calling the shirtdress a trend is a little like calling rocket a hot lettuce. The garment, like the greens, may wax and wane in popularity, but as a slightly more elevated staple, it never really goes away. Indeed, the shirtdress is one of those fa
Dolly Parton’s bedazzled, bewigged and bodacious style (opens the original)
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The country music legend used her clothes and her body to subvert expectations. Of all the aphorisms uttered by Dolly Parton, the “glittery country goddess from Tennessee”, as Andy Warhol called her, who died on Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee, perhaps the most telling was a line she uttered as part of a David Letterman Top 10 list of pet peeves in 1995. One of the things that most irritated her, Parton cracked, standing on a balcony in her Dollywood amusement park in a black and gold top with
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