Two Fashion Conglomerates Are Banning Size Zero Models From Runways
The owners of Louis Vuitton and Gucci are requiring models to present a doctor's note before working.
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Where Transgender People Actually Get Their Clothes
As couture embraces gender fluidity, grassroots efforts are making clothing accessible for greater numbers of trans people.
New Evidence That Selling Clothes on Facebook May Not Be Such a Great Gig
LuLaRoe sellers are complaining that, in some cities, they're vying with too many competitors.
Off-the-Shoulder Tops Are Relics of a Less-Feminist Era. Why Are They So Popular in 2017?
To keep up with a faster fashion cycle, designers are reframing bare shoulders as a symbol of female empowerment.
Why Do So Many Women Love LuLaRoe?
Does a company that sells clothes through friend groups on Facebook represent the future of shopping, or an anti-feminist throwback?
Made in Vietnam
Can the country become the next major player in the global apparel industry without sacrificing its environment? Near Ho Chi Minh City, one factory owner is assembling a greener model ... out of blue jeans.
The History of Plaid
Tracing the origins and evolution of every hipster's favorite fashion item.
Fashion Advice From Your Hormones
New research finds women are more likely to wear red during periods of high fertility.
Can Rebellion Breed Conformity?
Our quest to be different actually makes us all the same, a new analysis suggests.
The Secret World of Fast Fashion
From 1960s Korea, through Brazil, to today's Los Angeles: Inside the world that brought you Forever 21—and those skinny jeans in your closet.
Is Women's Underwear a Form of Cultural Capital?
A researcher offers some lofty theories about some pretty basic observations.
Looking Back at Fashion's Queer History
Paul Hiebert talks with the Valerie Steele, co-curator of A Queer History of Fashion, about the new exhibit.
Embracing Androgyny: Taking Gender Out of Fashion
What it means to wear clothing that’s not meant for you.
Why Do Men Wear Shorts? An Academic Settles the Issue Once and for All
Related: Why does everybody seem to care?
Is It Wrong to Comment on the Appearance of Professional Women?
President Nixon got himself into a bit of hot water when he commented on Helen Thomas' slacks. But 40 years later we're still making the same mistakes.
How Evolution Explains High-Heeled Shoes
New research suggests wearing heels forces women to walk in a way that exaggerates their femininity.
Researchers Tackle the 'Hipster' Phenomenon
Researchers tap the indie marketplace to learn more about hipsters, who don't think of themselves as hipsters despite their obvious hipsterness.
Fashion's Role in Pre-veiling Sentiment
The politics swirling around the cultural attire associated with Islam may cover up an obvious rationale — it's currently fashionable in some circles.
Memorable Stories of 2008
A host of meaningful stories from Miller-McCune.com's first full year on the Web.
Bamboo Underwear, Anyone?
While scientists monitor how our clothing affects the climate, trend-watchers are more interested in the reverse: how climate change is beginning to alter our apparel. Bamboo underwear, anyone?