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Fickleness of fashion

Published on
April 6, 2007
Last updated
May 22, 2015

Fashion trends come and go at a predictable rate, according to research by Durham University academics.

The study found that lists of new things such as baby names change steadily, with a small minority of innovators, often celebrities, setting examples for the masses to copy.

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