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EPISODE · Jul 17, 2025 · 4 MIN

Performance of Taste: Wearing Archive

from Unpolished · host Gabriele Ciccarelli

This episode of “Unpolished” will be about archive as culture.I’m going to dive into the fashion world’s obsession with archived pieces, from early Helmut Lang and Margiela to the Y2K wave flooding TikTok. Is it fashion knowledge, aesthetic elitism, or just a curated identity flex? We’ll talk nostalgia, taste, resale markets, and the fine line between loving the past and living in it.Because let’s face it: everyone wants to look archived — but who’s daring enough to look new?

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