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Downward trend

Killer heels, once status symbols, are now conspicuously absent from fashion-show front rows (and runways). How did they become out of step with the modern world?

  • Issue #117
  • 7 min read
Illustration of three women's legs wearing different types of shoes against a turquoise background.
Fashion

Material culture

Jacques Tati saw it coming. The closure of America's last selvedge denim mill signals the final unravelling of a fashion manufacturing legacy that once dressed the entire world.

  • Issue #112
  • 10 min read
Material culture
Retail

Making a stand

From 1960s fashion dominance to today's global supply chains, we explore how iconic US brands navigated offshoring, rising costs and the surprising resurgence of domestic manufacturing.

  • Issue #102
  • 17 min read
Making a stand

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