Modern Romance From Fast Fashion to Sustainable, One-of-a-Kind Creations BY CRISTINA DEPTULA
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arah Chatham, founder of clothing label Modern Romance, is inspired by 19th-century romantic sensibilities, especially in literature.
“I think romanticism is exciting because it was the first time in history that people really started to speak on the emo tio ns that make up the human experience and the sheer beauty of nature. The art is inspiring to me because the works were made with the heart in mind, as opposed t o t h e m o r e l o g i c a l r e a l i s t w o r k s of the enlightenment era. I think that
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