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The Museum at FIT Exhibition Marks Hip-Hop Fashion’s Half Centennial

BY Christopher Blomquist

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FIT's "Fresh, Fly and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style" Exhibition

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The Museum at FIT Exhibition Marks Hip-Hop Fashion’s Half Centennial

BY Christopher Blomquist

Trendalytics has released the top trends for November.

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Trendalytics: Women’s Wide-Legged Jeans Have Legs

BY Christopher Blomquist

Three major cultural and lifestyle shifts since 2020 are driving newness in the denim industry.

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Denim PV: Navigating Cultural Shifts and Post-Pandemic Opportunities

BY Angela Velasquez

Some of the year’s most polarizing trends and tastemakers have landed at the top Lyst’s “The Year in Fashion” annual report.

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Lyst: Y2K Trends and Brands Shaped Fashion in 2022

BY Angela Velasquez

Exhibitors at Denim Première Vision use the beauty of nature to their advantage in S/S 2024 collections.

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Denim PV: Natural Textures and Dyes Lead Spring/Summer 2024 Trends

BY Angela Velasquez

Denim is trending this season—in fashion and beauty.

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Is ‘Washed Denim’ Makeup the Next Viral Y2K Trend?

BY Angela Velasquez

Tis the season for cargo pants, tank tops and Uggs.

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Fashion Basics Are Going ‘Viral’ This Fall: Report

BY Angela Velasquez

The year may be 2021, but fashion is stuck in the ’90s. Sourcing design inspiration from past decades is a time-honored tradition in fashion, but the prevalence of commercial ’90s fashion in the market—from wide-leg jeans and checkerboard prints, to bucket hats, plastic rings and platform flip-flops—is nearly a complete do-over of the decade, albeit through a Gen Z lens. Nostalgia for ’90s television series like “Friends,” “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and “The Nanny”—along with social media accounts dedicated to the shows’ fashion—is driving this trend. The pandemic, and the almost 18-months of uninterrupted time spent binge-watching ’90s series on streaming sites like Hulu, Netflix and HBOMax, resulted in a visual masterclass of how to dress the part of a ’90s kids. The shows’ simple yet farfetched plotlines were refuge from an otherwise complicated and uncertain year. Television in the ’90s rarely strayed from proven formulas spanning teenage melodrama (“Blossom” and “Saved by the Bell”) and young professionals navigating careers and love with a laugh track (“Living Single” and “Martin”), to wild cards disrupting stuffy upper-class families (Will Smith in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and Fran Drescher in “The Nanny”). The shows’ wardrobes, however, were key to the development of characters that have left an indelible mark on pop culture and continue to influence fashion trends. From Blossom’s floral hats, to Bayside High students’ penchant for bleached denim and pastels, here’s a look back at the ’90s television series and characters that may inspire the next big throwback trend.

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9 Throwback Series to Binge-Watch for ’90s Fashion Inspo

BY Angela Velasquez

Country music stars stepped out in their finest blue jeans at the 56th annual CMA awards.

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Denim and Sequins Win Big at the 56th Annual CMA Awards

BY Angela Velasquez

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