Almost every major brand and retailer consults WGSN, perhaps the world's largest trend forecasting company. Avery Truffleman asked everyone she spoke to whether or not they consulted it. Even this director of menswear at a company that makes Hawaiian shirts Do you use WGSN? "I couldn't help but wonder the role that forecasters play"
Articles of Interest is a show about what we wear. Host and producer Avery Trufelman investigates our collectively held beliefs about fashion and explores topics like the intellectual property law behind knockoffs, creation of tartan and the history of plaid, and how a dolls in a rural museum in Washington state saved French haute couture. This new season investigates a style that keeps coming back again and again and again.
Previously part of 99% Invisible, the show is now an independent production and a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.