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What Is Shein? the $100 Billion Fast-Fashion Company Explained.

Shein is a fast-fashion retailer that produces thousands of garments and accessories at a rapid pace. In 2022, the company is worth $100 billion — more than its fast-fashion predecessors H&M and Zara combined. Shein has faced mounting backlash from critics who allege that it uses questionable labor practices and contributes to climate pollution. loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Shein took less than a decade to emerge from relative obscurity to become the dominant player in fast fashion and a favorite online shopping destination for Gen Z. But the company is as famous for its controversies as for the trendy, super-cheap clothing that it churns out to the delight of TikTokers everywhere. In its latest PR stunt,...
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From Princess Diana to Kate Middleton: The history of royal fashion at Wimbledon

Stay ahead of the trends in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter Stay ahead of the trends in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter Ties between Wimbledon and the royal family go back a long way. To 1907, to be precise, the first year that the Prince and Princess of Wales (who would become King George V and Queen Mary) attended the famous Championships. King George V later became patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, a role now held by the current Princess of Wales. Kate Middleton’s outfits are pored over almost as much as the action on court, and looking back at royal appearances at the tournament we can see how fashion has evolved throughout the decades. Keep up with Wimbledon 2023 via...
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Highsnobiety Lays Off 10 Percent of Its Staff

German streetwear and youth culture media platform Highsnobiety announced the layoffs of 24 employees last week, about 10 percent of its workforce, people close to the matter told BoF. Founder and CEO David Fischer and chief operating officer Jürgen Hopfgartner announced the news on an internal call last week, citing unfavorable economic conditions and the need for cost-cutting measures, according to these sources. The job cuts affected employees across departments including editorial, commerce, data and marketing, as well as the company’s in-house creative agency, HS+. Highsnobiety confirmed the layoffs in a statement released exclusively to BoF saying the company is “streamlining our global structure to more closely align with the shifting industry as well as internal needs as the publishing, the e-commerce and the agency elements of our company continue to individually evolve and expand.” The...
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Shein Instagram, TikTok influencer backlash exposes fast fashion dark side

Shein is one of the most lucrative fast fashion brands on the planet. The Chinese online retailer, which has quickly become a staple of social media, was valued at $100 billion in 2022 — that’s more than Zara and H&M combined. But Shein now faces a firestorm of criticism over a highly choreographed PR junket featuring fashion influencers seen as an attempt to rehabilitate a company that has faced slew of accusations, including human rights violations and complaints about shoddy clothing materials. The backlash has exposed multiple interlocking problems endemic to the fast fashion industry and the influencer economy. The backlash has exposed multiple interlocking problems endemic to the fast fashion industry and the influencer economy. It’s easy to criticize the Shein influencers for disseminating what certainly seems like thinly veiled propaganda. But we also can’t...
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Top Fashion Stories of the Week: June 23

This week was quite a busy — and monumental — one for the fashion industry. First and foremost, Pharrell made his much-anticipated debut at the helm of LouisVuitton, putting forth a massive Spring/Summer 2024 runway show to open Paris Fashion Week Men’s. Throughout the tightly-packed week, designers including Wales Bonner, Louis Gabriel Nouchi, Rick Owens and many more also pulled back the curtain on next season’s wares, sparking myriad discussions on where style (and the industry) is headed next. Off the runway, Future was tapped to be the first-ever creative director for Lanvin Lab, and Nana Aganovic and Brooke Taylor were named joint leaders of Copenhagen brand WOOD WOOD. Meanwhile, Shayne Oliver stepped down from his design director role at Hood by Air, and VF Corporation named a new CEO. Below, Hypebeast has rounded up the...
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Best-Dressed at the NBA Draft

The fact that the NBA draft occurred smack in the middle of the Paris men’s wear shows was something of a cosmically appropriate coincidence. After all, the draft has increasingly become one of our most watched runways, the heart of the convergence between fashion and sport that has spawned the tunnel walk and social media accounts that chronicle players’ wardrobes — and leads to front row seats at shows like Louis Vuitton, recently attended by LeBron James, and Rick Owens, where Kyle Kuzma showed up. And it is only getting more important. ESPN has added a one-hour “NBA Draft Red Carpet Special” just as E! does for the Oscars and the Met Gala, including a 360 degree cam kind of like the E! Glambot, the better to capture the looks in the round, as well as...
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Getting ready for the Mission Impossible premiere with Hayley Atwell

“I have a much deeper understanding of the power of dressing now,” says actress Hayley Atwell. Her most recent public appearance – at the London premiere of the new Mission Impossible movie in Leicester Square last night – confirms this; she walked the red carpet in an artistic, statement-making gown that made an impact for all the right reasons. “There’s a simple elegance to this dress, yet is inherently sculptured and unusual – you can see similarities in a vase or sculpture,” she tells us. Her black Ashi Studio gown featured a heart-shaped balloon skirt, contrasted with a sleek body, which she wore with classic Jimmy Choo heels and Garrard jewelery. For her, it was the perfect bridge between the fashion and art world, something that the actress has been educating herself on. Misan Hariman “I’ve...
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How did the Filles du Roy actually dress?

This video was produced by Lydia Robb as part of the CBC Creator Network. Learn more about the Creator Network here. The Filles du Roy, or King’s Daughters, were the hundreds of young women sent by the King of France to a remote, fur-trading colony called Canada. Between 1663 and 1673, nearly 1,000 of them arrived to help boost the population by encouraging male immigrants to settle, marry and raise families. But, contrary to how they’ve long been depicted in the history of books and works of art, they did not arrive dressed in the trappings of wealth. Using records from more than three centuries ago, genre art and the history of fashion, artist and amateur historian Lydia Robb paints a picture of how these poor, abandoned women might have really dressed. The Creator Network, which...
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