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What Can Fashion History Teach Us About Sustainability? Which fashion figures tower over the history books? Who\\u2019s fame stands the test of time, and who gets forgotten - and why? What can we learn from wartime rationing and the Make Do & Mend movement? How was life when home-sewing used to be the norm rather than exception? What new materials rocked the runways in the 1960s, and did disposable fashion originate with a faddish paper dress?

This week, we take a look at some of the sustainability angles and moral dilemmas from fashion history\\u2019s archives, with American fashion historian Rachel Elspeth Gross. It\\u2019s a conversation is full of intriguing stories from fashion\\u2019s past, that might help make sense of the present \\u2013 or encourage us to look at it in new ways.

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