Social Aspects of Fashion

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Introduces ways of examining clothing and fashion in context. How do we read images and representations of clothing and how do they manipulate the meaning of the garment and its wearer? In what ways is this visual language used to select and produce fashion? What influences how we dress on a daily basis and over time? These are just some of the questions about appearance, clothing and culture that are used to embark on a participatory research project and as a point of departure for class discussions and related readings.