Anime and kawaii properties have become perennially popular on licensed products worldwide. For the past year, they have had a particularly high profile in the global fashion industry, with a large number of collaborations involving labels ranging from streetwear and sportswear to, most notably, luxury brands: Undercover, the label of designer Jun Takahashi, created a […]
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Poetry in Motion
Poetry seems to be having a moment in U.S. culture, especially after Amanda Gorman’s reading of her poem “The Hill We Climb,” to great acclaim, at the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden. Consumer products are part of the trend: Both Gorman, the first National Youth Poet Laureate of the U.S., and Yrsa Daley-Ward, an […]