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Tove Fall 2024 Ready-to-Wear Collection
Sometimes a dress silhouette becomes so pervasive you almost don’t notice its dominance. Right now, slinky, liquid maxi dresses that sheath the body while simultaneously leaving little to the imagination are having a moment. And a large proportion of them, at least judging by my social feeds, are exemplars by Tove. Co-founders Camille Perry and Holly Wright have seen serious success with the subtly sensual Italian viscose-jersey and silk designs that prowled down their spring runway in London last year. So, they decided to own it for fall. “We do well with these kinds of styles because they are still very covered and refined, but there’s an element of sexiness,…
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The rise and fall of Esprit, SF’s coolest clothing brand
In 1991, San Francisco clothing brand Esprit sent a note to 200,000 young people with a simple question: “What would you do to make the world better?” They turned the responses into a controversial ad campaign that ran on MTV and 11 other channels, giving teens the thrill of being heard and scandalizing their parents. “Give back the land stolen from Native Americans,” one ad demanded. “I would distribute condoms in every high school in America,” read another. “I’d keep a woman’s right to choose, unless George Bush is free to babysit.” In a country still grappling with the AIDS crisis, the Rodney King riots and the Gulf War, the…
