Messy is chic again. But is the world ready for my kind of crumpled grubbiness?

The Guardian7 Aug 2026Macro
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All my clothes are stained and creased and my house is cluttered, so I should be thrilled by this moment. But it’s naive to think we are about to be tolerant of the real mess of life, writes Emma Beddington