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Mar 2023
32m 49s

The Clueless Closet

Avery Trufelman
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Ever since 1995, a generation has been dreaming of Cher’s digital closet from the movie Clueless. So why don’t we have it yet? It’s not the technology. It’s a psychological problem with the way fashion works. 
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