What Brexit Means for the Fashion Industry. Today's news that Britain has voted to leave the European Union has sent stock markets plunging and hammered the British pound, which hit its lowest point in decades.
Although it will likely take years for Britain to untangle itself from the EU, many in the fashion industry are left questioning what the change could mean for their livelihoods. Of course, London is a major fashion player, with the fashion industry contributing an estimated $38 billion to the UK economy in 2014, according to the Business of Fashion. Does Fashion Have a Place in Politics? Whilst some may argue that fashion and politics have no business being mentioned in the same sentence- I disagree.
My interest in fashion from a young age stemmed from a fascination in clothing’s purpose beyond the practical. I’ve always been intrigued by the way personal style acts as a non-verbal rhetoric that we use to communicate who we are with each other. Psychologist have deduced that it takes us just 3 seconds to make a judgment about someone based on their appearance. That’s a snap judgment, but a judgment nonetheless. And whilst it may seem depressingly shallow, humans are intrinsically wired to decipher things like gender, social class and status symbols from each other’s appearance- and clothes play a large part in this. British socialists debate the EU referendum. Charlie Hore | Campaign to remain British Prime Minister David Cameron (left) and UKIP leader Nigel Farage There's no dispute that the EU is a bosses' union: racist, neoliberal and pro-austerity.
Nigel Farage Says He's Not Giving Up Politics As He Gives Final Speech As Uki... Diane James becomes UKIP leader. Image copyright AFP Diane James has been elected as the new leader of the UK Independence Party.
Ms James had been regarded as the favourite to succeed Nigel Farage, who quit as leader following the UK's vote to leave the EU. Bratislava EU meeting: Merkel says bloc in 'critical situation' The European Union is in a "critical situation", the German chancellor has said, as leaders meet in Slovakia to discuss ways to regain trust after the UK's vote to leave the bloc.
Angela Merkel said they needed to show they could improve on security, defence co-operation and the economy. But EU countries are deeply divided over how to bolster growth and respond to the influx of migrants. US election: Donald Trump in excellent health, says his doctor. Republican nominee Donald Trump is in "excellent physical health," according to a letter from his doctor.
Mr Trump released the note following a recent physical examination by Dr Harold N Bornstein. The 70-year-old is listed as 6ft 3in (1.9 metres) and weighing 236lb (107kg). The letter came as his rival Hillary Clinton returned to the campaign trail after time off with pneumonia appearing in North Carolina and Washington. Boarding a plane in White Plains, New York, she spoke to journalists as she flew to North Carolina to hold a rally, her first campaign event since the weekend. Clinton: 'I tried to power through it'. JUDICIAL DICTATORSHIP. US election: Trump campaign acknowledges Obama was born in US. Image copyright Getty Images The Trump campaign has acknowledged in a statement that President Obama was born in the US.
But the Republican candidate, who led the "birther" movement that questioned Hawaii-born Mr Obama's citizenship, has refused to say it himself. His campaign now accuses his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of introducing the "smear" during the 2008 Democratic nomination contest. There is no evidence to link Mrs Clinton to the birthers. In reaction she tweeted that President Obama's successor "cannot and will not be the man who led the racist birther movement".