Pantone's Color of the Year an Endless Neutral Loop

Pantone has crowned Cloud Dancer as its Color of the Year, and with it comes a confirmation of something the fashion world has quietly suspected for a while: the palette that once shaped cultural mood is becoming increasingly... beige. Soft, safe, quiet. The kind of color that slips into the background rather than claiming space in it. Cloud Dancer, a creamy, almost weightless white, is the latest chapter in a long sequence of neutrals that mirrors the rise of the clean girl aesthetic and an era...
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Black Friday, Fast Fashion and the Cost of Constant Consumption

Black Friday, Fast Fashion and the Cost of Constant Consumption

December 12, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Every November, the fashion industry braces for one of its most profitable and paradoxical, moments of the year: Black Friday. What was once a single day of discounts meant to clear stock has become a global shopping ritual, stretching across weeks and encouraging a level of consumption that increasingly collides with the industry's attempts to position itself as responsible and forward-thinking. For fashion, Black Friday is both a commercial lifeline and a mirror reflecting uncomfortable...

Why Fashion Is Cyclical: The Eternal Return of Style

Why Fashion Is Cyclical: The Eternal Return of Style

December 12, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Every few years, a glance at shop windows or fashion magazines sparks a familiar feeling:haven't we seen this before? Flared trousers, shoulder pads, slip dresses, bomber jackets, polka dots, and even the beloved animal print all seem to stage periodic comebacks. This is no accident. Fashion, more than perhaps any other cultural industry, thrives on cycles of revival and reinvention. The old is constantly reinterpreted as new, allowing each generation to rediscover styles that once defined the...

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Der verschwundene Wunschzettel

Join us for an enchanting Christmas adventure at the Münchner Marionettentheater! Experience the marionette play 'Der verschwundene Wunschzettel' by Siegfried Böhmke, featuring our beloved Kasperl Larifari and his little friend Stupsi. As Christmas approaches, both Kasperl and Stupsi have prepared...

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