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Lorinda Cramer

Lorinda Cramer

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‘Buy it nice or buy it twice’: what the ‘frugal chic’ trend tells us about our clothing habits

The ‘frugal chic’ fashion trend revives our wartime-era mindset. But will it help fix our waste crisis?

26.02.2026 10

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Lorinda Cramer

‘Slutty little glasses’: men’s eyewear fashion is the history of seeing – and being seen

Men’s glasses are having a moment, thanks to the internet’s favourite little descriptor.

07.08.2025 10

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Lorinda Cramer

From tuxedos to tattoos, Eleanor Medhurst’s Unsuitable traces a hidden history of lesbian fashion

Blues singer Gladys Bentley was a dazzling star of the Harlem Renaissance, a period in the 1920s and ’30s when African American culture flourished...

08.01.2025 10

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Lorinda Cramer