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HTSI editor's letter: escaping hayfever and the changing seasons

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Jo Ellison

12d ago· 4 min readen

Summary

HTSI editor Jo Ellison introduces the magazine's "Escape" issue, but focuses on the personal struggle with hayfever (seasonal allergies). She describes how pollen has become more aggressive and arrives earlier each year, recounting an incident during Paris Fashion Week where severe allergy symptoms were mistaken for a mutant strain of Covid-19. The article blends a lighthearted personal anecdote about peddling antihistamines to fashion industry colleagues with the broader theme of escaping seasonal afflictions.

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The pollen has arrived with a terrifying ferocity; not only does it appear to be becoming more aggressive as time passes, it's also arriving earlier each year.
At fashion month in Paris, in early March, I became convinced I had succumbed to some mutant strain of Covid-19.
I spent the week peddling antihistamines to editors, PRs and stylists, feeling like some sort of Z
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...and how to conquer hayfever

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