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The Art of Fashion: the Literary issue

Rare is when the worlds of fashion and fiction collide. But when they do, the results can be mesmerising

© Photographed for the FT by Kourtney Kyung Smith

Why pixels are popping up in fashion
From Loewe to Louis Vuitton, designers are evoking the graphics of early personal computers
The autumn/winter 2023 fashion trends to know
Designers embraced versatile pieces that look the part whatever the occasion
Grace Wales Bonner on James Baldwin, Paris and bringing an ‘Afro-Atlantic spirit’ to luxury
Paris allowed Baldwin ‘to become perhaps even more of himself’, the British designer says of her muse
Writer Brandon Taylor: ‘My characters often begin with an outfit’
‘The Late Americans’ author speaks about his love of ‘Project Runway’ and the role that fashion plays in his fiction
Author Ned Beauman: ‘If I’m out I’m wearing Rick Owens’
Overlapping interests in ‘Cronenbergian’ body mutations and Brutalism have made him a devoted fan
Novelist Ottessa Moshfegh finds joy in simple clothes
The Booker Prize-shortlisted author talks about collaborating with Proenza Schouler, her passion for vintage and the role clothing plays in her storytelling

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