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The Fashion and Race Database® (est. 2017) is an online platform with over 2,500 resources and original articles that critically examine how race has shaped fashion’s culture and history.

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Korean fashion’s challenge, European Commission’s greenwashing, Telfar’s independence, and more…

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Jun 23

Fashion five years after George Floyd, immigration raids and the US fashion industry, the myth of the ideal body, and more…

Jun 11

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May 26

The lack of body diversity in fashion weeks, the future of fashion school grads, the possibility of plastic-free leggings, and more…

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