Clothing Cultures 7.2 is out now! Special Issue
Intellect is pleased to announce that Clothing Cultures 7.2 is out now!
Special Issue: ‘Post-Pandemic Dress’
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https://www.intellectbooks.com/clothing-cultures
Aims & Scope
We all wear clothes. We are all therefore invested, at some level, in the production and consumption of clothing. Clothing Cultures 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, 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.
Issue 7.2
JO TURNEY AND LIUDMILA ALIABIEVA
Articles
Virus chic: Facemasks and their usage
RACHEL BRETT
Food service uniforms and the symbolism(s) of wearing a mask
HEATHER MARIE AKOU
The role of women’s dressing in the current social activist movement in Chile (2019–20)
CAMILA ANDREA RÍOS ERAZO
Loss and revival of visual identity: Inner work with clothing
AGATA ZALEWSKA
The future of outfits after the staying-in trend: Home wear, digitization and cultural shift
MARIA SKIVKO
Crafting comfort: Constructing connection during a pandemic
EMMA LOUISE RIXHON
Spatial distancing and social closeness: The work of creative professionals during the pandemic
ZEMFIRA SALAMOVA
