Daily: FROM CATWALK TO TIGHTROPE Fashion after Coronavirus

<p>What has lockdown done to Britain’s £26bn fashion business? What will the post-pandemic High Street look like? Will we all wear posh pyjamas for the rest of our lives? And what on earth is “phygital” fashion – a mix of physical and digital shopping? Guardian fashion writer <strong>Lauren Cochrane</strong>, the author of <a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Lauren-Cochrane/The-Ten--The-stories-behind-the-fashion-classics/25003840" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Ten: The Stories Behind The Fashion Classics</em></a>, talks to Justin Quirk about how socio-political earthquakes shape what we wear –&nbsp;and why jeans, Breton shirts, stilettos and the colour black never seem to go out of fashion.</p><ul><li><em>“Fast fashion moves so fast now that we should call it sprint fashion.”</em></li><li><em>“It’s astounding how much attention the Government will pay to the comparatively tiny fishing industry while ignoring the vastly bigger fashion business.”</em></li><li><em>“Johnson and Trump are performatively badly dressed…&nbsp;Their populist base is as suspicious of fashion as they are.”</em></li><li><em>“Economics play out in what we wear. Jeans were for poor people until the Depression&nbsp;–&nbsp;then Levi’s and Wranglers made them fashion items.”</em></li><li><em>“The closest thing we’ve had to a political statement on fashion was Carrie Symonds renting her wedding dress.”</em></li></ul><p><em>Presented by Justin Quirk. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production</em></strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>