Can we extend and suspend our understandings of the social worlds around us to imagine something different? How can fashion work as a tool to unlock new imaginaries–away from the current realities of social and environmental exploitation under the logic of global capitalism? Enter Fashion Fictions. Fashion Fictions A project from Amy Twigger Holroyd, explores just …
Discard Studies: Wasting, Systems, and Power, by Max Liboiron and Josh Lepawsky, examines relationships of people and power across social worlds, and it is available to access and read for free, thanks to Creative Commons licensing: click here to find Discard Studies: Wasting, Systems, and Power. Discard Studies: Wasting, Systems, and Power, by Max Liboiron …
Crossing Gender Boundaries: Fashion to Create, Disrupt and Transcend, edited by Andrew Reilly and Ben Barry, is a must read for anyone interested in understanding how constructions of gender connect to relationships with fashion and clothing. Crossing Gender Boundaries: Fashion to Create, Disrupt and Transcend, edited by Andrew Reilly and Ben Barry Description This volume …
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Platforms and the pandemic: A case study of fashion rental platforms during COVID‐19 Peer-reviewed research by: Taylor Brydges, Lisa Heinze, Monique Retamal and Claudia E. Henninger Have you heard of the ‘platform economy’? Ever rented, or thought about renting, clothing through one? This article runs through some of the current challenges facing fashion rental platforms, …
Politics of Patents (POP): Re-imagining citizenship via clothing inventions 1820-2020 is a powerful project that explores tensions related to clothing and citizenship. “We aim to bring to life, in archival research, stories and costumes, lesser-known and forgotten attempts by inventors to radically re-imagine or reinforce ideas around citizenship through clothes.” The POP team has made …
When it comes to personal protective equipment (PPE), how can we better understand tensions between citizenship and safety? Find out in this open-access article.
Closing the loop on take, make, waste: Investigating circular economy practices in the Swedish fashion industry Peer-reviewed research by: Dr Taylor Brydges The global fashion and apparel industry has a longstanding, ongoing, and growing, reputation for exploitation and waste. Drawing on the Swedish fashion industry, this paper shows how interventions to curb environmental impact must …
