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If style is the language of architecture, fashion represents the wide-and swirling-cultural currents that shape and direct that language. Gothic architecture originated in France in the twelfth century, and remained in fashion in Europe for the next three hundred years.
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Fashion represents the cultural currents that shape and direct that language. Gothic architecture originated in France in the 12th century, and remained in fashion in Europe for 300 years.