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Panel Summary: ReFashioning Race, Gender, and Economy 30 Jul 2013 | 02:00 pm
Presented by the Asian / Pacific / American Institute at NYU and Museum of Chinese in America June 25, 2013 Accompanying the concurrent fashion exhibitions at the Museum of Chinese in America, “Fron...
Book Review: On Fashion Criticism 27 Feb 2013 | 08:20 pm
On Fashion Criticism Francesca Granata, Editor Fashion Projects (Issue #4, February 2013) Fashion Projects, a non-profit magazine devoted to fashion theory and reflection, has come out with an issue...
Must Disaster Fashion Photoshoots be Disastrous? 13 Feb 2013 | 06:19 pm
I’m frankly bored by a lot of blogosphere outrage about insensitive fashion magazine spreads, Photoshopping (see my thoughts on this here), etc., but recent Huffington Post article Vogue’s Hurricane S...
The Buzz About Insect Fashion 16 Jan 2013 | 07:41 pm
The recent announcement of MoMA’s website devoted to Louise Bourgeois: The Complete Prints & Books, got me thinking about insects. I adore Ms. Bourgeois’ sculptures and installations, and her continue...
Manipulations of Images & The Body 25 Oct 2012 | 11:03 pm
I recently came upon a light news item that caught my eye: following a partnership between Disney and Barneys department store, beloved Disney cartoon characters have been augmented to resemble fashio...
Subversive Knitting 18 Sep 2012 | 07:32 pm
In preparation for the upcoming Textile Association of America symposium I’m presenting at later this week — “Textiles & Politics” symposium — I’ve been doing a lot of research on our country’s histo...
Book Review: Boom! A Baby Boomer Memoir 3 Aug 2012 | 10:26 pm
Boom! A Baby Boomer Memoir, 1947-2022 by Ted Polhemus Lulu.com (January 2012) An anthropologist by degree, Ted Polhemus has written numerous books on style and/or subculture including Streetstyle (2...
Book Review: Boom! A Baby Boomer Memoir 3 Aug 2012 | 07:26 pm
Boom! A Baby Boomer Memoir, 1947-2022 by Ted Polhemus Lulu.com (January 2012) An anthropologist by degree, Ted Polhemus has written numerous books on style and/or subculture including Streetstyle (201...
Poverty and Power: Secondhand Clothes as Protest 12 Apr 2012 | 02:11 pm
Later this week I will be giving an extended lecture on the secondhand fashion market and countercultures that adopted thrifted clothes as political statements — focusing on Yippies, but touching upon...
Poverty and Power: Secondhand Clothes as Protest 12 Apr 2012 | 07:11 am
Later this week I will be giving an extended lecture on the secondhand fashion market and countercultures that adopted thrifted clothes as political statements — focusing on Yippies, but touching upon...
