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Independent Women Brought Hope to Fashion’s Virtual Spring

Women designers, from Stella McCartney to Sacai’s Chitose Abe to Tory Burch, brought a sense of hope and purpose to the Spring shows, writes Tim Blanks.
[L-R] Tory Burch, Sacai and Stella McCartney Spring/Summer 2021 | Source: Courtesy
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If you are looking for a ray of hope after weeks of fashion’s virtual spring with Europe and the United States still unable to bring Covid-19 under control, I give you this: INDEPENDENT WOMEN. London fielded an entire farm team of creative young women who will flaunt fashion’s future in the face of the political frat boys whose last-gasp power plays continue to shroud us in misery. Paria Farzaneh, Supriya Lele, Priya Ahluwalia, Bianca Saunders,

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Tim Blanks
Tim Blanks

Tim Blanks is Editor-at-Large at The Business of Fashion. He is based in London and covers designers, fashion weeks and fashion’s creative class.

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