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A once shelved offshoot's offshoot is back – and people are losing it

In the hills of Los Angeles, two designers inhabit a modern bohemia.

Miles Garber, a former runway fixture, is married, a new father and has started his own studio.

Word of the Day: zeitgeist This word has appeared in 76 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence? Credit...Cindy Lozito zeitgeist \ ˈtsīt-ˌgīst , ˈzīt- \ noun _________ The word zeitgeist has appeared in 76 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Dec. 10 in “The Highly Unlikely Yet Totally Predictable Return of Uggs” by Max Berlinger: Ms. O’Donnell, whose first memory of the brand is Pamela Anderson wearing Uggs with her red “Baywatch�...

From high-waisted denim and ultra-wide legs to extreme cut-outs and double denim, jeans have seen their fair share of dubious trends (and outright fashion disasters). Here are nine (sometimes embarrassing) demin trends and where they came from. 1. Acid Wash Like many an 80s slang term, the acid washing process has its roots in 1960s surf culture. According to CRFashionBook, the trend really took off in the 1980s, after Guess released “the first pair of ‘pre-washed’ bleach-splattered jeans...

2020 — what a year. Or better yet, this is how writer Max Berlinger describes it in one of the stories below: “This year has been a laundry list of bad news: a raging pandemic, escalating racial tensions, a faltering economy, wildfires brought on by a warming planet and a contentious election, to name some of the pressing issues facing the country.” However, there were glimmers of the Before Times as we found solace in nostalgia and rediscovered our affinity for tie-dye, clunky Crocs, ro...