“Over the course of the years, I've learned [that] fashion is a fascinating business about selling magic. It is done on the backs of our optimism and our insecurity. It is as much psychology as commerce. But I've also learned that every day we make split second decisions about people based on their attire and those decisions can have powerful implications - see the story of Trayvon Martin and his hoodie. It's important for us to understand how fashion works and how we connect to it.”
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Robin Givhan
Robin Givhan (born 1965) is an American fashion editor and journalist, best known for her fashion criticism at The Washington Post. In 2006, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, becoming the first fashion journalist to receive this honor. Givhan's writing integrates fashion with politics, culture, and social issues, analyzing the symbolic meaning of clothing in public life. She has contributed to The New Yorker and Vogue, and authored the book "The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History" (2015). Her work has redefined fashion journalism as a serious field within news reporting. more
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