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Not sure if it is OK to suggest it but Netflix recently released a documentary called "She's French" and I thought it was interesting. Being half French/Italian, I am tired of those influencers / marketing trends about French women.

BBC earth had an interesting article about 5 materials which can damage the enviroment https://www.bbcearth.com/news/.....r-wildlife

Refinery29 posted an article stating that from Sunday 20th November, women in the UK will effectively be working for free for the rest of the year due to the lack of equal pay. Frustrating, as I am part of this group and well aware of the pay gap in my industry https://www.refinery29.com/en-.....st-of-2022

1 year ago

Anonymous

Why women's clothes don't have proper pockets
https://www.boredpanda.com/wom.....e-pockets/

1 year ago

nuancedream

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I rarely wear black, but this article on the hidden meanings of black is fascinating. I wish I had the opportunity to see the exhibit Balenciaga in Black.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/ar.....tic-colour

1 year ago

Ginger

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I have to say the article/TikTok source on pockets really isn't very accurate and makes some big claims, looking at the past through a modern viewpoint. Pockets came in and out and back in style throughout history, and the overwhelmingly significant reason for their absence is how easily they can be concealed, or not, in the fashions of the day. Regency/Empire/Jane Austen style clothing was narrow and softly draped and pockets would have been very unsightly, so handbags came into vogue (and they weren't all tiny and deliberately useless - it was not a male conspiracy). It was just smart. When skirts got fuller and petticoats multiplied, petticoats came back in and bags weren't necessary. Etc. Pockets are present in plenty of my vintage clothing patterns, ironically more in the 1950s - when Dior supposedly said this - because of the full skirts that could support them. There were fewer in the 1930s and 1940s because clothes fit closely or were even bias cut and pockets could not be supported or hidden well. (Oh, and Chanel did not invent menswear for women or jersey or any of the things she claimed she did after WWII.) Sorry for the soapbox! I am passionate about clothing history.

1 year ago

Runcarla

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I’ve been thinking about this article https://www.vogue.com/article/.....t-of-style off and on since reading it a month ago. There are good articles (with links) embedded within. It’s kind of hard to read, and as a person who finds beauty in diversity - it troubles me when one body type is singled out (as ideal) over others.

1 year ago

Angie

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Fashion Stylist

How fun to have Ginger the fashion historian on YLF

1 year ago

Inge

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Minaminu - Thank you for the Netflix tip, and the BBC article was interesting indeed. The pay situation is extremely frustrating, and this in 2022!-((( Great that attention is being drawn to this. (We do only post style-related links for the Link Love posts though, so I will leave that one out).

Suntiger - Hah! We need more pockets!!

Andrea - Good one, indeed!

Ginger - Thank you for explaining this in more detail! I love that you know so much about fashion history!

And thank you, Carla, that bothers me to no end too :-(((

1 year ago

Stagiaire Fash

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Is nail polish a style topic? I think it is for this teacher https://www.instagram.com/reel.....MyMTA2M2Y=

1 year ago

Roberta

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This is about textiles. The Ganges is a sacred river, and millions of flowers (and their pesticides) are regularly dropped in it. This man, in an effort to clean up his bit of the river by removing the mats of flowers, noticed over time they began to look and feel . . . like leather. Thus his faux leather, FLEATHER, was born.

https://www.townandcountrymag......e-william/

1 year ago

Roberta

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God bless the Met for making the ENTIRE Kimono Exhibit available online:

https://www.metmuseum.org/exhi.....on-objects

1 year ago

Inge

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