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Fashion

The fastest moving, most ephemeral parts of our society — where innovations emerge that can reshape all the underlying layers.

The Work that Lasts

by Allegra Rosenberg

How Long is Now?

by Ahmed Kabil

The job of FASHION is to be froth — quick, irrelevant, engaging, self-preoccupied, and cruel. Try this! No, no, try this! It is culture cut free to experiment as creatively and irresponsibly as civilization can bear, changing by the week or even the hour. From all that variety comes driving energy for commerce and the occasional good idea or practice that sifts down to improve deeper levels.

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