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SPEND THRIFT

Today’s generation of fashionistas has been met with nothing but scepticism, no thanks to Instagram, Hypebeast and the age-old assumption that the youth are broke…. Well they are. But then how do you account for the large number of teenagers, aged between 16 to 25, donning Balenciaga from head to toe? In this confusing, frenzied, paradoxical fashion climate, we’re reduced to asking: What’s going on, and where’s the money going?

NO MONEY, NO WORRY

The truth is this: The goldmine is difficult to trace amongst this particular demographic. It’s unrealistic to gauge youth’s true buying power, given the growing freelance

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