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Decolonisation

Fifty empires becoming a hundred and fifty countries in thirty years.

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Guayabera

A shirt that refuses to be tucked is a political act disguised as a tailoring rule.

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Fendi

Fendi is an Italian luxury fashion house, founded in Rome in 1925 as a fur and leather shop.
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Nylon

Wallace Carothers · 1935

Nylon is a family of synthetic thermoplastics characterised by amide linkages, melt-processed into fibres, films and moulded shapes. Wallace Carothers made the first one at DuPont in 1935, and women's stockings made it famous. Pure nylon's weaknesses in clothing led to blends with cotton, polyester and spandex, and pure nylon is now rarely used.

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Patagonia

Patagonia, Inc. is an American outdoor clothing company founded by Yvon Chouinard in 1973 and based in Ventura, California.
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Sportswear

Sportswear is a style of dress rooted in athletic clothing, built on relaxed, practical separates, and an American fashion tradition that grew into a global genre.