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.
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.
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.
Editorial Board
Liudmila Aliabieva
Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
Joanne Eicher
University of Minnesota, USA
Alison Goodrum
Norwich University of the Arts, UK
Wessie Ling
London Metropolitan University, UK
Brent Luuvas
Drexel University, USA
Emmanuelle Dirix
Antwerp Fashion Academy, Belgium
Stephanie Sadre Orafai
University of Cincinnati, USA
Tiziana Ferrero-Regis
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Timo Rissanen
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Theresa Winge
Michigan State University, USA
Special Advisor
Alex Franklin
University of the West of England, UK
Advisory Board
Christine Boydell
De Montfort University, UK
Kaori O'Connor
University College London, UK
Ingun Grimstad Klepp
SIFO, National Institute for Consumer Research, Norway
Contents
- Volume (7): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2020
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- Volume (6): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2019
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- Volume (6): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2019
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- Volume (6): Issue (3)
- Cover date: 2019
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- Volume (5): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2018
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- Volume (5): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2018
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- Volume (5): Issue (3)
- 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
