From parkruns to pilates classes, here is the kit that will make getting out of bed to work out on a cold morning a little easier
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From parkruns to pilates classes, here is the kit that will make getting out of bed to work out on a cold morning a little easier
Continue reading...Resolutions are so last year. Instead, the latest fashion trends, life goals and dating rules are playing out on the battleground of viral listicles. Plus: your wardrobe dilemmas solved
Repeating outfits: in. People pleasing: out. Paying with cash: in. Photo dumps: out. A quick trawl through social media and it is evident that for 2025, traditional new year resolution lists are out and “ins and outs” lists are, er, in.
These listicles do exactly what their title suggests, demarcating everything from specific items of clothing to wider food trends and dating rules into two opposing grids. On TikTok the hashtag “ins and outs” has quickly acquired more than 44,000 posts. Unlike new year resolutions, which tend to be specific goals, “ins and outs” act as a barometer of cool.
Continue reading...Fashion retailer’s representative claims she is not qualified to answer questions from MPs about supply chain
The online fashion seller Shein has refused to reassure British MPs that its products do not include cotton produced in the Xinjiang region of China, which has been linked to forced Uyghur labour, prompting one MP to accuse its representative of “wilful ignorance”.
In testy exchanges before MPs on the business and trade committee, Yinan Zhu, the general counsel for Shein’s European arm, repeatedly said she was not qualified to answer questions about the fast-fashion retailer’s supply chain amid concerns from campaigners over forced labour.
Continue reading...North London boy Joe Alwyn is wildly understated for a Hollywood A-lister. Until his recent rise to mainstream fame he chose to act in thoughtful independent productions rather than blockbusters – and even tried to keep quiet about his long-time girlfriend (now ex) Taylor Swift. Read the Tim Lewis interview here
Continue reading...Kai Braden was a shirtless greeter during the brand’s mid-aughts peak. Twenty years later, his advocacy has helped secure first-of-their-kind protections for fashion workers
Something felt off about Kai Braden’s first day working retail at an Abercrombie & Fitch store in 2006. His bosses sat him down to watch an onboarding video, but instead of learning how to properly fold shirts or work the register, Braden watched a corporate-produced montage of young men romping through fields in various stages of undress.
“[It was] stock footage of shirtless guys with their jeans falling down so you could see a little bit of their butt,” Braden remembered. He struggled to understand how this would relate to his job. “I was like, ‘What does this have to do with anything?’”
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