From the Guardian archive + Fashion
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16 February 1923: Its casual connection with the nose is steeped with historic, romantic, and sentimental interest
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26 January 1971: The uncharacteristic inelegance of the appearance of ‘La Grande Mademoiselle’ lying stretched on her deathbed in pyjamas had to be swiftly corrected
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17 December 1923: Stiff collar and cuffs to give way to blouses that flow in line. Some even dare to reach below the waist
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8 September 1925: It is not only recognised as medically desirable, but it has become normal to expose the skin to the sun
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13 August 1924: Synthetic substitutes mean that vegetarians no longer face the dilemma of wearing feathers or leather
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4 December 1995 Fashion is an illusion, and in admitting that fact while celebrating it, French Vogue still beats everyone at the game
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13 November 1989 In an industry almost entirely devoted to producing unchallenging clothes, Mackie puts a feather boa with everything and to hell with flat shoes and power breakfasts
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15 October 1996 Fashion house Givenchy makes the 27-year-old self-proclaimed East End yob its designer
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23 September 1970 It is forecast that men’s clothing is going to explode into brilliant colours
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2 July 1954 The cropped matador inspired jacket turns up at the fashion shows season after season
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28 May 1994: Once upon a time, a wedding had rules but now anything goes. Harriet Quick finds out how people prepare for the big day
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16 April 1990: Many an estate agent was once slave to a style that involved crossing Aubrey Beardsley with Flash Gordon to look like Joe 90 in drag
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25 March 1925: Since the war, the feminine world, instead of returning to the old-time elegances of flounce and frill, had turned its attention to sport and to motoring
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19 February 1925 Over the centuries this symbol of rank has been replaced by the belt and the invention of braces
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14 January 1935: During no month more than in January does the winter hat begin to arouse doubts in the minds of the truly well dressed
David Bowie and the rise of glam rock – archive, 1972