All throughout history, fashion has been used to communicate people’s identities to the world. Because being LGBTQ+ has historically been unaccepted by mainstream society, participating in these fashion identifiers usually happened in secret. The community would use certain accessories or styles of dress to communicate to one another their sexuality without the rest of the world knowing the code. Using fashion identifiers that only the in-crowd understood has been an important part of queer fashion history, with many examples.
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“Sustainable” is a word that gets thrown around a lot lately, as the trend of sustainability has been growing. It’s not surprising that “sustainable fashion” is a term that’s been booming in the fashion industry as well. But, what does it mean?
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