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What Fashion’s Advocacy Will Look Like in the Trump Era

Many brands have stopped engaging with social and political issues, fearing a conservative backlash. That calculus may change when Trump returns to office.
Donald Trump’s victory and the looming policy threats it brings are likely to create new pressure for fashion and beauty brands to rejoin the discourse.
Donald Trump’s victory and the looming policy threats it brings are likely to create new pressure for fashion and beauty brands to rejoin the discourse. (Getty)

Sitting in a Los Angeles hotel room on a recent afternoon, where a photo shoot for his latest collection is underway, Willy Chavarria is in tears.

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Sheena Butler-Young
Sheena Butler-Young

Sheena Butler-Young is Senior Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and covers workplace, talent and issues surrounding diversity and inclusion.

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