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An introduction is presented in which editor various articles within the issue on topics including dress collections, cross-cultural dimensions of fashion and impact of fashionable images.

The article discusses ethical approaches to fashion design and clothing production in Argentina. Topics addressed include the role of Argentina's Dirty War from 1976 to 1983 and subsequent democratization efforts in influencing the country's clothing industry, as well as public protests, known as "escraches," against child labor and slave labor conditions in the fashion industry. The author also discusses the implications of the Argentine government's Mercado de Industrias Culturales Argentinas (MICA) meetings.

The article presents an introduction to the special issue on Latin American fashion in which the editor discusses articles on topics such as the relationship between cultural memory and women's fashion in Chile, male fashion and uniforms in Costa Rica, and the relationship between fashion and development.

The article discusses various published reports within the issue, including one by Hazel Clark on slow fashion and one by Nathaniel Dafydd Beard on ecofashion.