WWD has launched an attack on the dumbing down of fashion. “In the zeal to court and clad the proletariat, is it becoming no longer PC, or even of interest, to celebrate the levels of research, of design, of intricacy, of detail, of materials (all fabrics are not created equal) that go into high-end fashion?” writes Executive Editor Bridget Foley. And that’s just the tip of the whiny iceberg. Read more
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Vanessa has been the FT’s fashion editor since 2003, and is based in New York, though she lived in London for 12 years.