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‘Casual without being sloppy’: why flannel shirts are making a comeback

From catwalk versions to vintage finds, the workwear staple is being recast as a marker of laid back cool

The Guardian - UK

‘Quietly, subtly, the outsider’: Andy Burnham’s dress sense decoded

Ditching the traditional suit and tie for understated all black ‘is as calculated as any Westminster suit, just aimed at a different audience’

The Guardian - UK

Why the quarter-zip trend is about much more than jumpers

Young men swapping Nike Tech fleeces for quarter-zips are all over TikTok, as well as staging IRL meetups worldwide. What’s behind the growing movement centring a once unremarkable garment?

The Guardian - UK

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Not just for Paddington: is the humble duffel coat having a fashion moment?

Worn by everyone from Tyler, the Creator to Cole Palmer and Joe Wilkinson, duffels are back in demand

The Guardian - UK

From streetwear to high fashion: why the puffer jacket is still a sign of the times

The Guardian - UK

Dirty Looks: Desire and Decay in Fashion at the Barbican review — bury me here

5/5 Couture is ripped, stained, buried, exploded and dragged through the mud in an intelligent blockbuster fashion exhibition for the ages

Evening Standard

The look of Liam: bucket hats and Berghaus on the way back with Oasis

Band’s tour next summer expected to add to resurgence of 1990s fashion, as brands try to jump onboard

The Guardian - UK

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100 years of Umbro — the British brand that dressed the England football team and Oasis

From 1924 football jerseys to the Oasis brothers’ drill tops — this exhibition proves British sportswear giant Umbro can pull its weight alongside Nike and adidas

Evening Standard

‘Englishness is constantly revised’: Umbro exhibition shows evolution of football shirts

Showcase proves Nike’s criticised reimagining of red and white St George’s Cross for Euros shirts has decades of precedents

The Guardian - UK

Claudia Winkleman’s tartan moment shows kilts are ‘well and truly back’

Presenter’s attire on The Traitors reality show reflects growing popularity of Scottish pleated skirt

The Guardian - UK

Shirts on the front row and players on the runway – how football fell for fashion

With fashionistas wearing team shirts, footballers on catwalks, and clubs with creative directors, style and soccer are closer then ever, says Victoria Moss

Evening Standard

How Uniqlo’s £15 crossbody bag conquered the world

In this week’s newsletter: It wasn’t the catwalk or even influencers that made this the bestselling bag of 2022 – it was good old-fashioned word of mouth

The Guardian - UK

Subversive? Dangerous? Boring?: How the red carpet became a barometer for modern masculinity

From Timothée Chalamet in a backless suit to Lucien Laviscount’s corsage and evening gloves, red carpet menswear has become as much an exercise in mass marketing as an opportunity to dismantle gender rules, writes Joseph Bobowicz

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