DiscoverLife Matters - Full program podcastDefining the 2020s, and anonymous fashionista Fashion Critical shares her style insights
Defining the 2020s, and anonymous fashionista Fashion Critical shares her style insights

Defining the 2020s, and anonymous fashionista Fashion Critical shares her style insights

Update: 2025-11-25
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When you think of the 1960s, what comes to mind? Hippies, Vietnam War protests, the music? What about the 1990s? VCRs, grunge music, minimalist fashion? We're about to reach the halfway point of the 2020s, so what is the defining legacy of this decade? Nic Carah is a professor at the University of Queensland School of Communication and Arts. 

She has never revealed her name publicly, but her opinions about fashion have made a huge impact. Fashion Critical started making "silly posts" to entertain her friends, but her platform ended up gaining a huge following.  She tells us why we should never take fashion too seriously.

Even at low speeds... if you have a car crash... and you're a woman... you're more likely to be seriously injured than a man. But interestingly, car crash testing and plane safety testing is dominated by "male" crash test dummies... and has been for decades. These dummies are part of a system of testing methods designed with men in mind.... and it's been letting women down. Natasha Heap is the Program Director for the Bachelor of Aviation at the University of Southern Queensland.

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Defining the 2020s, and anonymous fashionista Fashion Critical shares her style insights

Defining the 2020s, and anonymous fashionista Fashion Critical shares her style insights

Australian Broadcasting Corporation