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Who dressed you this morning?

caption: Natalie Newcomb and Surya Hendry contemplate fashion in Seattle's University District
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Natalie Newcomb and Surya Hendry contemplate fashion in Seattle's University District
KUOW Photo/Amy Styer

Did you dress yourself this morning, or did an entire industry?

Today, RadioActive's Surya Hendry and Natalie Newcomb phone fashion professors, scroll through statistics, and get an inside view on the future of fashion, trying to answer one big question: Do teenagers control trends, or does the fashion industry control what teenagers wear?

This podcast was produced in RadioActive's Intro to Journalism Workshop for 16-18-year-olds. Listen to RadioActive stories, subscribe to the RadioActive podcast and stay in touch on Facebook and Twitter.

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