As fashion norms change, what people wear in public becomes ground zero for hashing out new ideas of race, class and gender.
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The Supreme Court has yet to rule on whether school dress codes are protected under the law.
Iranian women have a long history of campaigning for their rights. The latest protests bring together a host of religious and gender groups suppressed by the country’s clerical regime.
Québec Solidaire politician Catherine Dorion sparked controversy with her garb in the provincial legislature but this issue has caused uproars in parliaments around the world.
A feminist philosopher and fitness writer challenges a mother who recently asked Notre Dame University to ban leggings on campus. Leggings allow women to move like superheroes, she says.
Ancient Egyptians believed shaving was associated with cleanliness but Greeks were proud of their beards, which symbolised authority and wisdom.
A sociologist dressed men of different races in the same clothes – and then dispatched them to nightclubs across Texas to see what would happen.
There are more than 500 studies into the effects of high heels on wearers’ health.
The versatile, controversial piece of clothing has come to symbolise both the oppression of women and their empowerment.
Forcing women to wear high heels at work is discriminatory, but it will take more than the law to change dress codes.
Dress codes in the workplace have a long and complicated history for women – especially those in corporate life.
There is no harm in avoiding white coats, but there could be danger in wearing one.
There’s no evidence to say school uniforms are better or worse for learning, but dress codes do teach kids a thing or two about civics.
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Professor in Business History, Henley Business School, University of Reading
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Lecturer in Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen
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Florian Znaniecki Professorial Scholar and Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Infectious Diseases Physician, Harvard University
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Professor in Work and Organisation Studies, University of Essex
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Professor of Work and Organisation, University of Essex
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