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Opinion: Is Fashion Still Desirable?

An industry that manufactures images at industrial scale and speed is forgetting how to create aspiration, writes Robert Triefus.
An industry that manufactures images at industrial scale and speed is forgetting how to create aspiration, writes Robert Triefus.
An industry that manufactures images at industrial scale and speed is forgetting how to create aspiration, writes Robert Triefus. (Launchmetrics.com/Spotlight)
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  • Robert Triefus

There was a time when a single fashion image could stop the industry in its tracks. Not because it went viral. Not because it was optimised for reach. But because it demanded thought.

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