“[..] the relationship between identity and clothing is not fixed and predetermined; instead, identities are constructed in a process of both choosing and wearing clothing. In this process, we [women] are not considering our identities in an abstract sense nor philosophizing over ‘who I am’ through grandiose theory, but are defining our identities through specific items of clothing.”
(Woodward 2007: 13)
Date: 06 April 2015
Category: clothing identity
Borrowing clothes is a way in which people with limited financial resources, or in my case, a person who is no longer allowing oneself to…
Date: 23 March 2015
Category: clothing identity
A while ago I bought ‘Buyology’, a book about the multitude of subconscious thoughts, feelings and desires that drive our purchasing decisions and motivates us to…
Date: 23 February 2015
Category: photoshoot
‘Agency’ is a term my students often have a lot of trouble understanding. During one of the class’ discussions, my students came up with a…
