Clothing Cultures
Clothing Cultures (Journal)
This peer-reviewed journal brings together discourses pertinent to the study of dress practices, analysing and discussing clothing in all its guises, from design and manufacture to shops and shopping. It explores the dressed and undressed body in both local and global contexts.
Editor
Jo Turney
Winchester School of Art
J.A.Turney@soton.ac.uk
Alex Franklin
University of the West of England
Alex.Franklin@uwe.ac.uk
We all wear clothes. We are all therefore invested at some level in the production and consumption of clothing. This journal intends to embrace issues and themes that are both universal and personal, addressing (and dressing) us all. Increasingly, as we all become accomplished semioticians, clothing becomes the key signifier in determining social interaction and behaviour, and sartorial norms dictate socio-cultural appropriateness. Following the rise of fashion theory, on an everyday level, we all understand that our clothes ‘say' something about us, about our times, nation and system of values. Yet clothing is not fashion; clothing is a term derivative from ‘cloth', to cover the body, whereas fashion alludes to the glamorous, the ephemeral and the avant garde. We wear clothes, but imagine fashion – an unattainable ideal.
This double-blind peer-reviewed journal also offers a forum for the discussion of textiles and their significance in the production and consumption of clothing and thus solicits papers from textile historians, designers and design professionals.
Editor
Jo Turney
Winchester School of Art
J.A.Turney@soton.ac.uk
Alex Franklin
University of the West of England
Alex.Franklin@uwe.ac.uk
Editor
Jo Turney
Winchester School of Art
J.A.Turney@soton.ac.uk
Alex Franklin
University of the West of England
Alex.Franklin@uwe.ac.uk
Editor
Jo Turney
Winchester School of Art
J.A.Turney@soton.ac.uk
Alex Franklin
University of the West of England
Alex.Franklin@uwe.ac.uk
All articles submitted should be original work and must not be under consideration by other publications.
Clothing Cultures brings together discourses pertinent to the study of dress practices. It considers the ordinary and everyday practices of wearing clothes as well as issues concerning their production and consumption. From design to manufacture, to shops and shopping and performance and display, clothing in all its guises is analysed and discussed here. Issues arising from the dressed (and undressed) body in both local and global contexts provides a platform for the establishment of clothing as a culture.
Submissions are solicited for this new and exciting inter-disciplinary academic journal. These include:
Full articles of 5000 words in length;
Object analysis of 1000-2000 words in length;
Research in progress – 750 words;
Exhibition and book reviews of 500 words.
Please send abstracts and submissions to the Editors Jo Turney or Alex Franklin.
Journal contributors will receive a free PDF copy of their final work upon publication. Print copies of the journal may also be purchased by contributors at half price.
Editor
Jo Turney
Winchester School of Art
J.A.Turney@soton.ac.uk
Alex Franklin
University of the West of England
Alex.Franklin@uwe.ac.uk
Advisory Board
Christine Boydell
De Montfort University
Kaori O'Connor
UCL
Karen Tranberg Hansen
Northwestern University
Ingun Grimstad Klepp
OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
Editorial Board
Alison Goodrum
Norwich University of the Arts
Brent Luuvas
Drexel University
Emmanuelle Dirix
Leeds College of Art
Stephanie Sadre Orafai
University of Cincinnati
Tiziana Ferrero-Regis
Tiziana Ferrero-Regis
Theresa Winge
Michigan State University
Editor
Jo Turney
Winchester School of Art
J.A.Turney@soton.ac.uk
Alex Franklin
University of the West of England
Alex.Franklin@uwe.ac.uk
Contents
- Volume (5): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2018
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- Volume (5): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2018
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- Volume (4): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2017
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- Volume (3): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2016
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- Volume (3): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2016
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- Volume (3): Issue (3)
- Cover date: 2016
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- Volume (2): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2014
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- Volume (2): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2014
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- Volume (2): Issue (3)
- Cover date: 2014
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- Volume (1): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2013
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- Volume (1): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2013
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- Volume (1): Issue (3)
- Cover date: 2013
Editor
Jo Turney
Winchester School of Art
J.A.Turney@soton.ac.uk
Alex Franklin
University of the West of England
Alex.Franklin@uwe.ac.uk
