How fashion is changed and can be changed at the white-hot center of culture.
That works out to 52 million jobs and $3.9 trillion in GDP. Thirty-two million people are on the sector’s own payrolls and the balance is in support functions, such as the supply chain.
Apparel producers were among the hardest hit in former President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, paying higher duties and playing political football as Washington and Beijing postured. While economists tend to shudder at the practice of using taxes at the border to push for political advantage, duties are one of the few tools political leaders have to pressure other countries.
Those days are gone now and fashion is front and center in the environmental conversation — from sustainability to shipping. The industry is changing its perspective and being pushed to go further. Race is an ongoing part of the conversation in fashion, where brands are aiming to cast more diverse models and companies are starting to disclose the demographics of their workforces on the principle that what is measured can be improved.
Myriad designers worldwide now create gender-fluid collections. And even Victoria’s Secret, still working to rehab its image, recently linked up withwho said she was “honored to be the first Black trans girl working with” the brand. But for all the wonder — and horror — of the digital connections big tech has built, it’s useful to remember that those are connections between people. And people speak with fashion.
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