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Collected Item: “5 ways the pandemic is changing fashion and beauty trends”

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5 ways the pandemic is changing fashion and beauty trends

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News story

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I have always been interested in fashion. This is an article about what people are wearing. Quarantine changed the need for business work clothes--except for the top half--the one that shows on the Zoom/video conferencing meetings and classes. This article lays out the comfortable clothes that people are wearing and buying. It discusses the financial squeeze people are finding themselves in.

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fashion, pandemic, retail, smize, makeup, comfort, sweats, slippers, Uggs, Crocs, jeans, leggings, recession, unemployment

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/15/fashion-beauty-trends-coronavirus/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjb29raWVuYW1lIjoid3BfY3J0aWQiLCJpc3MiOiJDYXJ0YSIsImNvb2tpZXZhbHVlIjoiNTk2YjM1Y2JhZTdlOGE0NGU3ZDNkNmRjIiwidGFnIjoiNWVlN2QwOGNmZTFmZjY1NGMyZmJjZjFhIiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL2J1c2luZXNzLzIwMjAvMDYvMTUvZmFzaGlvbi1iZWF1dHktdHJlbmRzLWNvcm9uYXZpcnVzLz91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249d3BfdG9feW91cl9oZWFsdGgmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImd3Bpc3JjPW5sX3R5aCZ3cG1rPTEifQ.x06K-isfGXn6nykUtHXNBo6RsdWKv2oGqVhg1LZ61OQ&utm_campaign=wp_to_your_health&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_tyh&wpmk=1

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Abha Bhattari for The Washington Post

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2020-06-15
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