Once a back-alley hustle, superfakes now thrive in plain sight, aided by global supply chains and luxury houses that weakened their own defenses. Holly Baxter talks to fashion insiders about how this crisis should have been averted — and why the Labubu might signal a way back for struggling brands

They promised utopian paradises, unshackled by governments and buoyed by tech. What they built instead was a costly illusion. Holly Baxter reports on how seasteading started, unraveled and is now rising again in popularity

Once a back-alley hustle, superfakes now thrive in plain sight, aided by global supply chains and luxury houses that weakened their own defenses. Holly Baxter talks to fashion insiders about how this crisis should have been averted — and why the Labubu might signal a way back for struggling brands