Tag Archives: academic
The “Beauty Penalty” in Academia
About a year ago, I wrote a post called, “Mind over Malls, or Does Academia Hate Fashion?”. There’s a lot I would revise about this blog post – it’s been more than a year since I wrote it, after all! … Continue reading
Filed under ON BEAUTY
Sartorial Classification as a Weapon of War
ONE afternoon earlier this month, David Tabbert, wearing Ray-Bans and glinting metal earrings, headed out on a shopping trip to one of his usual Brooklyn haunts: Islam Fashion Inc. on Atlantic Avenue. Though Mr. Tabbert, 28, personally prefers G-star denim … Continue reading
Searching Looks, Music Messages
As mentioned previously, my schedule is overstuffed this academic semester. Between finishing my manuscript and traveling for a series of talks and roundtables, I’m not sure I’ll be able to spare much time for original material for Threadbared. Thus, from … Continue reading
Filed under IN THE CLASSROOM
Fashion Projects #3 Out Now!
I’m super thrilled about the newest issue of Fashion Projects: On Fashion, Art, and Visual Culture, themed “On Fashion and Memory.” From the editorial letter: In thinking of clothes as passing fashions, we repeat less than half-truth. Bodies come and … Continue reading
Filed under THEORY TO THINK WITH, VINTAGE POLITICS
Mind over Malls or, Does Academia Hate Fashion?
Once upon a time (in 1997), feminist literary critic and Princeton English Professor Elaine Showalter wrote an article for Vogue magazine disclosing “[her] love of shopping malls, lipstick colours, literary makeovers, and fashion catalogues.” The magazine editors gave it the … Continue reading
Filed under FASHION 2.0, IN THE CLASSROOM, STYLE POLICE & STYLE GURUS
Your Fake Bag
Thank god Tatiana the Anonymous Model addressed the New York Times City Room blog post about MIT professor Dan Ariely’s “findings” about counterfeit chic and moral laxity, because the responses to the study over at Fashionista were, as ever, driving … Continue reading
Filed under COUNTERFEIT GOODS
Boots To Teach In
There’s nothing like the start of the semester to make you totally not care about regular blogging! However, today a student approached me after class to tell me that my dress was totally “awesome,” and how I didn’t dress “normal … Continue reading
Filed under IN THE CLASSROOM, SARTORIAL INDULGENCES
Academic Romper Room
This summer is about writing my book in intensive writing boot camp with friends who are similarly situated in their academic careers. Gradually, however, over the last six weeks, we have become lazier and lazier about getting dressed for our … Continue reading
Filed under SARTORIAL INDULGENCES
QUOTE: Why Clothing Matters
Why, how, and why people wear clothing is a daily matter, a constant concern that affects and determines every aspect of one’s life. But it is also a matter of concern, control, and anxiety for the individual, society, and government. … Continue reading
Filed under THEORY TO THINK WITH
DESIGNER: Christian Joy
Speaking of classroom style, I would (if I could) wear Christian Joy‘s stage costumes to lecture. Students wouldn’t be able to keep their eyes off me as I outlined the foundations for feminist cultural studies, or described how to put … Continue reading
Filed under IN THE CLASSROOM, LINKAGE
