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Cosmeticorexia: When skincare routines become an unhealthy obsession

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A 12-year-old watches a ‘get ready with me’ video. Then she adds a retinol serum, exfoliating acid and several ‘anti-ageing’ products to an online shopping cart. An adult repeatedly checks their pores in a magnifying mirror. They then buy each new product promising ‘glass skin’ and become anxious if they cannot complete their nightly routine. […]

Why does the fashion industry ignore its strongest spending demographic?

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Joan Didion for Celine. Joni Mitchell for Saint Laurent. Dame Maggie Smith for Loewe. What do these three fashion campaigns have in common? These iconic women were all over 70 when they posed for three of the biggest fashion houses in the world. And yet, despite the overwhelmingly positive media coverage that followed these campaigns, […]