High Heels and Elevated Status
New research finds women who relocate to a wealthier area adopt the fashion styles of their new location.…
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Pricey Handbags and Helpful Behavior Don’t Mix
Brand-name luxury outlets provide visual reminders of materialistic values, decreasing pedestrians’ inclination to help strangers. By Tom Jacobs…
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.
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.