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Celebrity TikTok trend and the ‘pandemic effect’ fuel 400% rise in sales among young urbanites
Gucci x North Face puffer jackets are the ‘peak gorpcore’ for young trendsetters. Photograph: Gucci
Gucci x North Face puffer jackets are the ‘peak gorpcore’ for young trendsetters. Photograph: Gucci
Sun 10 Jan 2021 05.00 EST
Forget the camel coat or the classic trench. This winter, investment outerwear is all-weathers friendly, it’s puffy, brightly coloured and has a semi-circle logo in homage to a Californian rock formation. The North Face puffer jackets – such as the classic two-tone Nupste from 1996 – have become both the height of fashion and a familiar sight on streets nationwide. They’re worn by models ranging from Emily Ratajkowski to Kendall Jenner, as well as teenagers in parks everywhere.
A LEADING respiratory consultant at Inverclyde Royal has paid a heartwarming tribute to the local community as he hangs up his stethoscope. Dr Dave Sharma, who has helped thousands of sufferers of lung disease and conditions caused by asbestos during 30 years at the hospital, says it is a place like no other. In his last year before retiring the 55-year-old faced one of his biggest challenges, as he joined the fight to keep Covid-19 patients alive. Now as he bids farewell to his team the doctor has hailed the people of Inverclyde and the Tele for championing the hospital. Dr Sharma said: It was the most challenging of years but it showed Inverclyde Royal at its best.
In Fashion, What Needs To Stay, Change, and Stop? | Highsnobiety
Fashion in 2021: What Needs To Stay, Change, and Stop?
Highsnobiety / Kurt Woerpel
Was 2020 fashion’s
annus horribilis? The global outbreak of COVID-19 in March had devastating impacts for livelihoods, supply chains, and it illuminated how troubling fashion’s inequalities had become from underpaid garment workers to unsustainable practices and racial inequity. It was luxury’s worst performing business year in years, and the creative life forces the industry depends on toppled with each passing month.
According to research conducted by The Business of Fashion and McKinsey & Co., the industry’s worst-case scenario outcome is a 10 to 15 percent decline in 2021 compared to 2019, with a rebound expected only by the fourth quarter of 2023. The best-case scenario envisions recovery in 2022. In that sense, there is a long, winding road ahead for fashion.