{"id":5066,"date":"2020-11-03T20:25:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T20:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=179668"},"modified":"2020-11-05T19:11:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T19:11:39","slug":"how-the-fashion-industry-mobilised-to-defeat-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/how-the-fashion-industry-mobilised-to-defeat-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"How The Fashion Industry Mobilized To Defeat Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s a testament to how fraught this current moment in time is, that fashion and politics are so deeply, inextricably linked. Granted, clothing has always been inherently political\u2014it is the quickest form of communication we have with the rest of the world, and has been an essential element of most civil rights movements in history, be in the Black Panthers\u2019 militaristic uniforms or the \u2018pussy hats\u2019 of the 2017 Women\u2019s March on Washington.<\/p>\n

But we\u2019ve never seen the fashion industry participate in the political process as blatantly as we have in the last few months\u2014supermodels are posting thirst traps to encourage their young followers to enroll to vote; Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez is posing for Vanity Fair<\/em> in a $3,000 Loewe dress; Dover Street Market is stocking \u2018Gay For Joe\u2019 T-shirts designed by Marc Hundley. Every photographer, stylist, fashion designer, model and editor with an Instagram account is using it to earnestly rally around the Biden\/Harris ticket.<\/p>\n

The industry has always been full of liberal-leaning Democrats\u2014Marc Jacobs created merch for Hillary Clinton\u2019s 2016 campaign, for example, and designers like rag+bone, Proenza Schouler and Thakoon joined forces in 2012 to create pieces that raised funds for Obama\u2019s reelection. But we\u2019ve never seen mobilization like this before.<\/p>\n

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