Discuss “Politics and Fashion”

Spring fashion. It just sounds refreshing. One pictures a warm breeze, freshly picked strawberries, and fake-baked supermodels strewn about a cool beach somewhere magical. It’s that place where miniscule bikinis topped by weightless linen clothing are standard 24/7, and sunscreen is second only to over-marketed Ralph Lauren perfume.

But can this image of the new spring fashions evolve to produce something meaningful, something understood by the masses (rather than just mindlessly sold to them at a high profit margin)? Annually, the time comes when the auburn scarves and the black canvas boots must be replaced by the lighter, more airy colors of the pre-summer months. As such a replacement is indeed a routine one, it becomes difficult to...