Short Stuff: The Style Cycle
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Short Stuff: The Style Cycle

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 7, 202613 min
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Why do clothing styles get stale and then come back into fashion? Listen in to find out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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And we pull apart the story behind the image, discovering forgotten interviews that change exactly how we see these giants of our culture. We're here for the messy, the brilliant, the human version

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of our heroes. I'm Emmanuel Jocchi. I'm Kai Wright. And this is Big Lives.

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