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  Alexandre de Betak on the future of the fashion show - CNN Style

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  Paris CNN — Alexandre de Betak is not scared of the future. On the contrary, the events producer – credited with revolutionizing the modern fashion show – is in constant pursuit of newness, always ready to shed traditions he himself first created in order to stay ahead. From the helm of his …

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  Secrets of the fashion week pit: Photographing the other side of the runway - CNN Style

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  CNN — Hours on end confined to two feet square, teetering atop a box amid screams, shouts and sometimes violence. And you might not even walk away with anything usable. It’s no life, working in the photographer’s pit. Yet when fashion week rolls into town, photographers volunteer to enter the pit in …

• When fashion becomes a political statement

  

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  Fashion's potential to influence politics and culture - CNN Style

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  CNN — Political dressing is fashionable right now, but is it fashion? Celebrities and stars turned up dressed in black at the 75th Golden Globes Award ceremony. Instantly the media was in frenzy over what they dubbed “political fashion statements on the red carpet.” This is just the most recent …

• Male style tribes: As lines blur, do they still exist?

  

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  Men's fashion week 2018 - CNN Style

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  CNN — In post-war Britain mods, rockers, skinheads and teddy boys would happily engage in casual violence to defend the honor of their dress sense. In America meanwhile, bikers would beat up hippies in parking lots just for having marginally wider jeans – “like trousers, like brain” as The Clash’s …

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  The modeling industry laid bare - CNN Style

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  CNN — The modeling industry is never too far from controversy. Whether it’s the rise (or rejection) of ‘plus size’, increasing frustrations at a pervasive lack of diversity or eternal fears over health and weight, there has been much to talk about in recent years. From 'cow' to cover girl, model …

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  How Russia is changing the face of fashion - CNN Style

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  CNN — In search of distinctive Russian faces, the biggest names in fashion have started turning to one modeling agency in particular – Lumpen. Less than two years after launching, the Moscow-based company has already cast models in major fashion shows for the likes of Vetements, Lanvin and Comme des …

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  New York Fashion Week: Rihanna, diversity and drag queens - CNN Style

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  New York CNN — Once an insular industry trade event, New York Fashion Week has transformed into a high-priced, fast-paced, public-facing marketing opportunity. Shows are livestreamed, Instagrammed and live-tweeted, immediately transmitting what happens on the runway to the masses. When will the …