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Book Review: Boom! A Baby Boomer Memoir | Thread for Thought
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How fashion intersects politics, economics, gender, race and pop culture. What Tove’s Wearing. A Baby Boomer Memoir. On Aug 3, 2012. Bull; 10:26 am. A Baby Boomer Memoir, 1947-2022. An anthropologist by degree, Ted. Has written numerous books on style and/or subculture including. Style Surfing: What to Wear in the 3rd Millennium. The Body As a Medium of Expression. Social Aspects of the Human Body. 1978), among other gems (see Monica’s recent illuminating. Levittown, NY, first suburb in 1948. Chapter one...
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How fashion intersects politics, economics, gender, race and pop culture. What Tove’s Wearing. Panel Summary: ReFashioning Race, Gender, and Economy. On Jul 30, 2013. Book Review: On Fashion Criticism. On Feb 27, 2013. Must Disaster Fashion Photoshoots be Disastrous? On Feb 13, 2013. I’m frankly bored by a lot of blogosphere outrage about insensitive fashion magazine spreads, Photoshopping (see my thoughts on this here), etc., but recent Huffington Post article Vogue’s Hurricane Sandy Spr...Sparked my in...
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Steal this Style: Yippies and Political Fashions! | Thread for Thought
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How fashion intersects politics, economics, gender, race and pop culture. What Tove’s Wearing. Steal this Style: Yippies and Political Fashions! On Oct 11, 2011. Bull; 8:05 pm. Abbie Hoffman arrested in flag shirt: I only regret that I have but one shirt to give for my country. October 1968. I assume readers will agree that apparel can be a powerful tool of political and social dissent, such as the Communist / anarchistic subtext of Surreal fashions (see my earlier post. Though the lyrics leave this ques...
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Subversive Knitting | Thread for Thought
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How fashion intersects politics, economics, gender, race and pop culture. What Tove’s Wearing. On Sep 18, 2012. Bull; 10:32 am. In preparation for the upcoming Textile Association of America symposium I’m presenting at later this week — “ Textiles and Politics. 8212; I’ve been doing a lot of research on our country’s history of using yarn crafts — specifically knitting — as a political act rather than merely a domestic or social one. Skipping ahead another few decades…. Since 9/11, there has been a youth...
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Panel Summary: ReFashioning Race, Gender, and Economy | Thread for Thought
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How fashion intersects politics, economics, gender, race and pop culture. What Tove’s Wearing. Panel Summary: ReFashioning Race, Gender, and Economy. On Jul 30, 2013. Bull; 5:00 am. Presented by the Asian / Pacific / American Institute at NYU and Museum of Chinese in America. June 25, 2013. ReFashioning panel: Mimi Thi Nguyen, Minh-Ha T. Pham, Ashley Mears, and Sharon Heijin Lee. Accompanying the concurrent fashion exhibitions at the Museum of Chinese in America, Front Row: Chinese American Designers.
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Must Disaster Fashion Photoshoots be Disastrous? | Thread for Thought
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How fashion intersects politics, economics, gender, race and pop culture. What Tove’s Wearing. Must Disaster Fashion Photoshoots be Disastrous? On Feb 13, 2013. Bull; 8:19 am. ConEd workers with Karlie Kloss in Oscar de la Renta gown. I’m frankly bored by a lot of blogosphere outrage about insensitive fashion magazine spreads, Photoshopping (see my thoughts on this here. Etc, but recent. Article Vogue’s Hurricane Sandy Spread: Crossing The Line? Shot by Annie Leibovitz. Slate ponderd wryly,. 8221; And Je...
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How fashion intersects politics, economics, gender, race and pop culture. What Tove’s Wearing. 8220;Punk Style:” An Interview with Monica Sklar. On Feb 7, 2014. The following interview is with my former colleague from Worn Through, the delightful and insightful Monica Sklar. Monica’s book Punk Style (Bloomsbury) was recently released; I asked her a few questions about this fun and important topic in fashion’s social history. What, if any, is your personal connection to punk? I’ve been associated with the.
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APEC “Silly Shirts” – Inappropriate or Awesome? | Thread for Thought
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How fashion intersects politics, economics, gender, race and pop culture. What Tove’s Wearing. APEC “Silly Shirts” – Inappropriate or Awesome? On Dec 13, 2011. Bull; 11:28 pm. Proposed APEC outfits in Hawaii, 2011. I read with some interest the Times article. Obama Says Forum’s Costume Photo Is Unnecessary. 1994 Indonesia, Batik shirts. Though I don’t have expertise enough to name the batik prints worn by esteemed APEC leaders below, it is easy to see the variety, and fun to imagine the rich histor...
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