publication . Article . 2016

Dress anxiety

Name: Dress anxiety
Creator: Salecl, Renata

Salecl, Renata;

Open Access

Published: 01 Jun 2016 Journal: Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty, volume 7, pages 3-17 (issn: 2040-4417, eissn: 2040-4425,

Publisher: Intellect

Country: United Kingdom

Summary

Abstract

Each of the contributions to this issue addresses the interplay between conformity and transgression or resistance involved in fashion and fashion choices. Using a range of disciplinary perspectives and critical frameworks, they each explore particular aspects of how the laws of fashion are established, maintained and negotiated, and the social, psychical or political consequences of such negotiations.\ud \ud This introductory article examines fashion anxiety, in particular the wedding-dress anxieties reported by women on Internet forums. Although anxiety about dress as self-presentation in relation to the written and unwritten rules that govern our positioning ...

doi: 10.1386/csfb.7.1.3_7

Subjects

free text keywords: law

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