Not sure how to dress? Just watch TikTok
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TikTok is known for many things: viral dances, comedy and activism. But the social media app has also made a name for itself as a fashion incubator, where trendsetters are born and trends are revived, such as 1960s fashion and the now-popular, yet controversial low-rise jeans.
Agus Panzoni, a fashion trend researcher who runs @thealgorythm, a fashion trend TikTok, says the platform has influenced both mainstream fashion and helped bring back the popularity of subcultures — and major brands are taking note. "The TikTok algorithm is especially good at introducing us to new things, analyzing what we resonate with, and giving us more of it," Panzoni said. "By segmenting us based on what we like, the TikTok algorithm has resurged subcultures."Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.