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Fashion
Power dressing: Why a well-cut jacket remains the clearest statement of style and service
Good jackets make men stand tall, change their silhouettes and help them to stand out from the crowd.
Fashion
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?
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.
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.
