The cultural appropriation debate has flared after an American teenager wore a qipao, a Chinese-style dress, to her prom. But the meanings around the dress are complicated.
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A century ago, utopian thinkers and practitioners predicted the coming of a nude world of liberated bodies.
We may imagine Jesus in long robes with baggy sleeves, but this is far from how he would have dressed.
Water pollution, toxic chemical use and textile waste: fast fashion comes at a huge cost to the environment.
Our clothes are cheaper, flimsier and shorter-lived than ever. But jeans, a staple of the modern wardrobe, are actually designed to be long-lasting – provided you take proper care of them.
When Malcolm Turnbull released his innovation agenda, the arts were missing. But Australia’s fashion industry is a true innovator, comparable to French and Italian fashion houses. It’s time to recognise this at home.
Regular controversies over breastfeeding might seem like a quirk of contemporary life. But 18th and 19th century clothing reveal that women have been handling the issue of visibility and practicality for centuries.
New York Fashion week starts today and the world will watch outrageous designs strut down the runway. How did New York become one of the great fashion centres of the modern world?
I recently went to heaven, aka attended a week-long conference in Oxford devoted entirely to fashion theory. I presented a paper on catwalk shows, which you’ve heard me bang on about before here (and here…
This year’s summer resort wear collections have received lukewarm press, and have seen the whole idea of resort collections thrown into question. Writing in the New York Times, Vanessa Friedman described…
In the world of luxury fashion, Chanel stands apart from the crowd. But it’s not the designs that make it different. The French luxury brand is one of the last few major labels that does not sell its clothes…
If you’re worried about dressing ethically, chances are you think about sweatshop conditions in developing countries, unsustainable farming practices, convoluted global supply chains that ring up a huge…
A new coating for cotton that is 1½ times more water-repellent than Teflon can survive for dozens of machine washes, say the Australian scientists who developed it. A team from the Australian Future Fibres…
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Reader in Fashion, Marketing and Sustainability, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of English, Macquarie University
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Cartier Chaired Professor of Behavioural Sciences, Full Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship, ESCP Business School
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Oak Foundation Lecturer in History of Dress and Textiles, Courtauld Institute of Art
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Author and Honorary Fellow, School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science, University of Leeds
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Teaching Fellow, University of Sydney
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Professor of Brand Management, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Research Associate at the United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor of Visual and Material Culture, University of Brighton
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PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, Pratt Institute
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Professor of Creative Writing, University of Technology Sydney
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie International Fellow, Department of the Built Environment, Aalborg University
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Professor and Dean of the School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT, RMIT University
