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Fashion is a term used interchangeably to describe the creation of clothing, footwear, accessories, cosmetics, and jewellery of different cultural aesthetics and their mix and match into outfits that depict distinctive ways of dressing (styles and trends) as signifiers of social status, self-expression, and group belonging. As a multifaceted term, fashion describes an industry, styles, aesthetics, and trends.

The term 'fashion' originates from the Latin word 'Facere,' which means 'to make,' and describes the manufacturing, mixing, and wearing of outfits adorned with specific cultural aesthetics, patterns, motifs, shapes, and cuts, allowing people to showcase their group belonging, values, meanings, beliefs, and ways of life. Given the rise in mass production of commodities and clothing at lower prices and global reach, reducing fashion's environmental impact and improving sustainability has become an urgent issue among politicians, brands, and consumers. (Full article...)

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Off-White (stylized as Off-White c/o Virgil Abloh) is an Italian luxury fashion house founded by American designer Virgil Abloh. The company was incorporated in Milan in 2013. (Full article...)

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High-heeled shoes, also known as high heels or pumps, are a type of shoe with an upward-angled sole. The heel in such shoes is raised above the ball of the foot. High heels cause the legs to appear longer, make the wearer appear taller, and accentuate the calf muscle.

There are many types of high heels in varying styles, heights, and materials. High heels have been used in various ways to convey nationality, professional affiliation, gender, and social status. High heels have been an important statement piece of fashion for centuries in the West. (Full article...)

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A glamour shot showing Michele Merkin, an American model and television host. Merkin has appeared in such magazines as ELLE, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. She has hosted The Next Best Thing, E! News Daily, NBC's For Love or Money and VH1's Red Eye.

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...that a zibellino (pictured), the jewelled pelt of a marten or sable, is a women's fashion accessory popular in the later 15th and 16th centuries?
...that the bliaut, a fitted gown with flared sleeves, was an important item of both men's and women's fashion in Europe between 1100 and 1200?
... that David Duchovny said, "I'm sure that nobody is looking at me", when standing beside Jennifer Lopez who was wearing her "jungle" Versace dress?

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Sarah-Jane Duncanson "Trinny" Woodall (born 8 February 1964) is a British beauty entrepreneur, businesswoman, and the founder and CEO of direct-to-consumer beauty brand, Trinny London, which launched in 2017 and currently employs over [1] 220 people.

Woodall initially rose to fame as a fashion and makeover expert, television presenter and author. She was part of a makeover duo with Susannah Constantine, with whom she teamed up to write a weekly fashion column for The Daily Telegraph. They were then commissioned by the BBC to host What Not to Wear in 2001, which was followed by several other television projects, books and clothing ranges. (Full article...)

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... that across his thirty-six collections, fashion designer Alexander McQueen contemplated religion, told fairy tales, and criticized the fashion industry?
... that during the Second World War, the British government's campaign Make-Do and Mend encouraged the public to fashion men's clothes into womenswear?
... that Inuk designer Victoria Kakuktinniq incorporates design elements from the traditional amauti parka into contemporary Inuit clothing?
... that fashion journalists joked that it was "a miracle" that no models fell while walking the runway in the 12-inch (30 cm) armadillo shoes designed in 2010 by Alexander McQueen?
... that Berta Berkovich, who was skilled in sewing, managed to survive Auschwitz in a fashion salon established by the wife of the concentration camp commandant?
... that chemist Betty Lou Raskin said in 1958 that society was wasting the "brainpower" of women, and blamed the media for making the mink coat the "symbol of female success" and not the lab coat?

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Fashion design • History • Haute couture • Ready-to-wear • Costume design • Jewelry design • German • French • Italian • South American • Pattern • Tailor • Textile • Stylist • Buyer • Dressmaker • Illustration • Forecasting • Model • Fitting model • Journalism

History of Western fashion • Ancient world • Egyptian • Biblical • Greek • Roman • Byzantine • Early Medieval • Anglo-Saxon • 12th century • 13th century • 14th century • 15th century • 1500–1550 • 1550–1600 • 1600–1650 • 1650–1700 • 1700–1750 • 1750–1775 • 1775–1795 • 1795–1820 • 1820s • Victorian • 1830s • 1840s • 1850s • 1860s • 1870s • 1890s • 1900s • 1910s • 1920s • 1930-1945 • 1945-1956 • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2010s

Materials • Cotton • Fur • Leather • Linen • Nylon • Polyester • Rayon • Silk • Spandex • Wool

Dresses • Ball gown • Cocktail dress • Débutante dress • Evening gown • Gown • Jumper dress • Little black dress • Opera gloves • Petticoat • Sari • Shirtdress • Sundress • Tea gown • Wedding dress • Wrap dress

Footwear • Athletic shoe • Boot • Court shoe • Dress shoe • Flip-flops • Sandal • Shoe • Slipper

Hosiery • Bodystocking • Fully fashioned stockings • Hold-ups • Leg warmer • Leggings • Pantyhose • RHT stockings • Sock • Stocking • Tights • Toe Sock • Toe tights

Tops • Blouse • Crop top • Dress shirt • Halterneck • Henley shirt • Hoodie • Jersey • Guernsey • Poet shirt • Polo shirt • Shirt • Sleeveless shirt • Sweater • Sweater vest • T-shirt • Tube top • Turtleneck • Twinset

Trousers or pants • Bell-bottoms • Bermuda shorts • Bondage pants • Capri pants • Cargo pants • Culottes • Cycling shorts • Dress pants • Jeans • Jodhpurs • Overall • Parachute pants • Phat pants • Shorts • Sweatpants • Windpants • Yoga pants

Skirts • A-line skirt • Denim skirt • Leather skirt • Men's skirts • Microskirt • Miniskirt • Pencil skirt • Prairie skirt • Rah-rah skirt • Skort • Wrap

Suits and uniforms • Academic dress • Black tie • Cleanroom suit • Clerical clothing • Court dress • Gymslip • Jumpsuit • Kasaya • Lab coat • Morning dress • Pantsuit • Red Sea rig • Romper suit • Scrubs • Stroller • Tuxedo • White tie

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