{"id":97269,"date":"2026-02-14T15:28:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T15:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tv.guardian.ng\/?p=97269"},"modified":"2026-02-14T15:28:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T15:28:55","slug":"menswear-collections-autumn-winter-2026-27-resisting-a-toxic-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/menswear-collections-autumn-winter-2026-27-resisting-a-toxic-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Menswear collections, autumn-winter 2026\/27: Resisting a toxic world"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k7fCY8PxQA4XmyER234\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><p>\nFor some designers, fashion is less about clothes themselves, and more about what those clothes can convey. They see fashion as primarily a political endeavour, a means of challenging a status quo that too often seeks to erase the individual for the alleged benefit of the social order. 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