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Bill Cunningham | Gray Is the New Black

I realize that Mr. Cunningham has already spoken to the gray trend for Spring/Summer but this trend is still really strong for Autumn. I’ve been encouraging my clients to trade in their black bags for shades of gray this season and while not all are convinced, the ones that are trying it aren’t coming back for black anytime soon. 

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LONDON, United Kingdom — Two thousand years ago, Emperor Caesar Augustus erected a towering monument under Rome’s Temple of Saturn called the Miliarium Aureum. This gold-covered marble monolith stood as testament to the fact that all roads in the vast expanse of the Roman Empire converged on one single point. From Africa Vetus to the tribes of Germania, all roads really did lead to Rome. By contrast, today, the routes that lead from fashion’s capital cities to the industry’s fastest growing emerging markets can sometimes meander or stray off course. But more often than not, they drift toward a few … More

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