There are various ways one can track the health of a culture, from censuses to BMI, to the stock market, but one metric that is especially illuminating in its power to tell the story of an era’s values is fashion.
When God designed the first outfit and tailored Adam and Eve in animal skins, it signified that sin had now tainted the world. And when Balenciaga Creative Director Demna presented his infamous “duvet coat” at Paris Fashion Week in 2016, it told us that anything could now be considered high “fashion”.
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