When Fashion Truly Makes a Statement: A Look Back at Politics and Style Inline

  • Political Fashion
    Photo: © DPA/Courtesy Everett Collection
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    Women protesting the maxi, 1960

    Round one hundred people demonstrate against the approaching autumn and winter fashion following the maxi look on the 6th of July in 1960 in Munich. (11392580) © DPA\Courtesy Everett Collection

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    Photo: Courtesy of Katharine Hamnett
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    Katharine Hamnett, 1984

  • Political Fashion
    Photo: Brendan Beirne/Rex Features/Courtesy Everett Collection
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    Boy George and Leigh Bowery

    Mandatory Credit: Photo By BRENDAN BEIRNE/Rex Features/courtesy Everett Collection - BOY GEORGE AND LEIGH BOWERY CYNTHIA PAYNE PARTY, LIMELIGHT NIGHTCLUB, LONDON CAP HAT BADGES SLOGAN SAFE SEX MAKE UP FACE PAINT NOVELTY GLASSES - 132673a

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    Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images
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    Sean Combs

    NEW YORK - JULY 20: Rapper/actor Sean "P. Diddy" Combs stands on stage at a press conference to announce plans for the Citizen Change Campaign at NYU s Kimmel Auditorium July 20, 2004 in New York City. Citizen Change is a national, non-partisan organization created to educate and motivate young voters. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)

  • Political Fashion
    Photo: Bruce Weber, Vogue, August 2006
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    Yoko Ono