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Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. “Is this just another fad?” asked one Mary Quant ad, in a self-aware nod to the way the brand was often dismissed as a passing trend. But if you’ve ever worn a miniskirt, thrown on a pair of hot pants, or
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Mary Quant, a British designer who revolutionized fashion and is credited with making miniskirts popular, is dead. Mary died peacefully Thursday at her home in Surrey, in southern England … according to her family. She’s famous for designing colorful and sexy miniskirts that defined the swinging ’60s, as well as tights that went along with
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Even the most apathetic sports fan knows about the green hat. Sold exclusively at the Masters—the prestigious golf tournament held annually at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia during the first full week of April—it’s not so much an accessory as a sartorial signal to the world that you were among those lucky “patrons”
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You could assume designers and editors dictate what’s “in,” and consumers sheepishly just follow along. Sometimes, though, it’s the opposite. For decades, brands have instead relied on everyday trailblazers. Remember Malcolm Gladwell’s viral New Yorker story “The Coolhunt”? It’s still eerily relevant over 25 years later. For time immemorial, trendsetters have set trends (as they
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Spoilers ahead. There are a number of mysteries in Yellowjackets, and that ominous symbol is one of the big ones. Seemingly depicting an impaled girl with a hook for feet, the line drawing is connected to the team’s time in the wilderness, though its exact significance and origin remain unknown…for now. The figure appears both
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You’ve probably heard of the Aritzia Melina pant by now. (If you haven’t, where exactly have you been?) The best-selling style from the Canadian fashion brand’s Wilfred line went viral on TikTok over the pandemic and has since graced the gams of Megan Fox, not to mention cool girls all over the world. And it
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