Interesting fashion things that has been spoken of this week

Can the fashion of the past help us find our style in the present? A journalist of The Cut He claims yes, and to create his own personal style he was inspired by his childhood – confirming one of our theory on the tendencies in terms of accessories. And then the fraud of the return to the marketplace of luxury, and the beige that has become a symbol of wealth, together with the other neutral shades, also thanks to Brunello Cucinelli.

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Finding your personal style may not be simple. Fashion runs fast and advice on what to wear and how to wear it multiply on the net and on social media. After years of impasse In his style, Katja Vujić found the solution: her girl’s photos. Recreating for The Cut eight of his childhood outfits He finally understood what he likes to wear. Who knows he’s not right. Reflecting us, some accessories now trendy – the apron, the collar, the bow for the hair – seem to have been exhumed by our childhood.

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Since the dawn of e-commerce, those who purchased signed bags on sites such as eBay He was aware of running the risk of receiving a fake – a risk accepted in exchange for a lower price. But now these fakes also begin to appear in the luxury fashion e-commerce platforms, because More and more consumers order new bags or shoes and then return a counterfeit version.

In January, the influencer Tiffany Kimm became viral after saying that Ssense he had sent her a false version of the bag 90’s of The Row. In a next video, Kimm said that the e-commerce had reimbursed the purchase and offered a 10%discount credit, but never confirmed if the ordered bag was actually a fake.

The fraud in the return, in which customers return less expensive or counterfeit articles instead of the ordered goods, is a serious problem – and growing – in the world of fashion. In 2024, he caused Losses for 104 billion dollars to US retailersmore than quadruple compared to 2020, according to data from the antifrode software provider Riskified.

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The New York Times He defined the beige “the color of money” (“The Color Fo Money”). Today, among the super -rounds, the real luxury is expressed in neutral tones – in addition to beige, also cream and cream – in clear contrast with the chromatic ostentation of the past. According to stylists such as Alessandro Sartori and Brunello Cucinelli, the wealthy avoid the colors bright so as not to attract attention, preferring thin elegance. Until here nothing new: the quiet luxury It is not new and indeed it seemed over. What we didn’t know, however, is that Brunello Cucinelli The merit is attributed (or responsibility, it depends on the points of view). “Last week I went skiing with my family, and all our ski equipment was beige, brown, panama,” he said to New York Times. “I don’t want to seem presumptuous, but when I proposed for the first time these colors people thought: only the pope can wear these shades!”. “I am ashamed to say it,” he continued, “but I am convinced that I have contributed, at least in part, to this chromatic change».

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