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Jose Blanco F.
José Blanco F. is originally from Costa Rica. He is an associate professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. His research focuses on dress and popular culture in the second half of the twentieth century, with an emphasis on male fashion. He is also interested in fashion and visual culture in Latin America. José has contributed chapters in readers including The Fashion Reader, The Handbook of Masculinity Studies, The Fashion Business Reader, The Meanings of Dress and Transglobal Fashion Narratives. He has published articles in journals including Fashion Theory, Fashion, Style & Popular Culture, Critical Studies in Men’s Fashion, Dress and The Journal of Popular Culture. José is the editor of The Meanings of Dress (5th edition, 2024), published by Fairchild. Along with Raúl J. Vázquez-López, he is the co-author of the book Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico (Bloomsbury, forthcoming 2024).
Contact: Fashion Institute of Technology, 227 West 27th Street New York, NY 10001, USA.
