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Boys who wear suits are ‘men in waiting’, and they are waiting to gain the power that men have as they get older.
When Max Chandler-Mather rose to speak in question time, he was criticised for not wearing a tie. But Australian men have been going tie-less for decades.
More famous men are wearing dresses, harking back to ancient times, when androgynous clothing was the norm. But for male dresses to truly take off they might need a style separate to women’s.
The history of men’s workwear is clothed in ideas of masculinity, style and comfort. Reforms have happened following times of turmoil in the past and business attire may be due for another shake up.
Will men ever escape the tyranny of trousers?
The fashion industry attracts creative young minds. But to succeed as a designer in a time of rapid technological change, knowledge of maths and science is invaluable.
With 3,000 employees, 2,473 points of sale, seven different fashion and furniture labels (to say nothing of his makeup, skincare, chocolate and flower lines), 16 cafés and restaurants, two hotels, a basketball…
It’s unanimous: we think that the uniforms designed for the Australian Commonwealth Games team are ugly. More than 15,000 people polled by the Daily Telegraph said so, The Australian likened the official…
Fashion and war don’t seem an obvious pairing, but the military jacket is a fashion staple. It may take the form of a double-breasted dress uniform with brass buttons and epaulettes, trimmed in rock star…
The classic white dress shirt is familiar and omnipresent in men’s fashion. As a result, we tend to be unaware that for more than 200 years this singular item of apparel, which is essentially unadulterated…
If you had to tell the story of one item or phenomenon in fashion, what would it be? See the end for information on how to get involved. Throughout the 19th century, the top hat was a mainstay of Victorian…
The women on the red carpet garner so much attention on Oscars night it can be easy to overlook the men. Even the title given to the required dress code - “black tie” – is deceptive. What indicates to…
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Professor and Dean of the School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT, RMIT University
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Teaching Fellow, University of Sydney
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Masculinities Scholar, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Lecturer, Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University
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Senior Fashion Studio Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
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Fashion historian, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor in Fashion and Material Culture, Nottingham Trent University
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Visiting Scholar: School of Architecture and School of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Art History & Associate Editor, Journal of Design History, Concordia University
