Monthly Archives: November 2020

I spoke to Kelly for the third time and told her I had read the intro to ‘Thinking through Fashion’ as well as the two chapters on Simmel and Goffman. The Materialist Media theory book she suggested wasn’t available online … Continue reading →

Relevant in terms of Georg Simmel and the contrasting desire towards differentiation and change. Documenting the works of Helmut Lang, Rei Kawakubo, Yohji Yamamoto, and Hussein Chalayan, it also features interviews with Ann Demeulemeester, Rick Owens, and Raf Simons, as … Continue reading →

This was my first time presenting a fully theoretical outcome to people who had no prior awareness of my practice. I attempted to use visuals and paint a picture of my work up until this point, then I ended with … Continue reading →

I composed a rough chapter breakdown to present to Kelly and get feedback on the structure. Chapter 1: The first chapter traces my own ethnographic observations and definitions, where the project originated and what informs the research. I draw on … Continue reading →

120 When an individual enters the presence of others, they commonly seek to acquire information about him or to bring into play information about him already possessed. Interested in aspects of their self like Socio-economic status, conception of self, attitude … Continue reading →

541 ‘Fashion is a form of imitation and so of social equalization, but, paradoxically, in changing incessantly, it differentiates one time from another and one social stratum for another. It unites those of a social effort to obliterate the external … Continue reading →

Social and cultural dynamics of fashion The study of fashion covers a wide terrain, ranging from production to consumption and systems of meaning and signification When researchers choose to focus on a particular dimension of fashion, for example production rather … Continue reading →

Introduction: Materialism designated a set of perspectives united by the claim that the physical materiality be it technology, practice, or body – matters in the shaping of reality. -pg1 Media and technology are not mere tools. Media are locations for … Continue reading →