Discourse ::Discourse ::What is the role of fashion, freedom of expression, judgment in taste and how can what we learn from those in charge (largely reliant on buyers)?

Main interlocutors ::Main interlocutors ::Journalists, anthropologists, sociologists, economists, marketing researchers

Agendas ::Agendas ::Examination of fashion… …in realm of business…in realm of art and showcase…as expressions of individual body and collective (culture)…in connection with social responsibilies

.Aimed to look at how these anthropologists are connected with journalists, social scientists, market researchers.

.Connected with professional fashion bloggers. Experiment // Ivania Carpio

.Read from main fashion anthropology journal Fashion Theory: Anthropology Put to Work: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture

.Looked at discussions from fashion departments of universities that focused on social issues.

Fashion Theory takes as its starting point a definition of

'fashion' as the cultural construction of the embodied

identity. It provides an international and

interdisciplinary forum for the analysis of cultural phenomena

ranging from foot binding to fashion advertising. All articles

have solid theoretical underpinnings and are based on

original research.

Cape Verdean Youth Fashion: Identity in Clothing Author: Saucier, Paul Khalil Source: Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture, Volume 15, Number 1, March 2011 , pp. 49-66(18)

Inspiring Desire: Lacan, Couture, and the Avant-garde Author: Bancroft, Alison Source: Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture, Volume 15, Number 1, March 2011 , pp. 67-82(16) Publication date: 2011-03-01

http://love-aesthetics.blogspot.com/2011/07/experiment-done-wearing-same-dress-for.html, Ivania Carpio, Love Aesthetics, 2011

THEWORLD IN DRESS: AnthropologicalPerspectives on Clothing, Fashion, and CultureKaren Tranberg Hansen Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University