Film Fashion & Consumption
Scope & Guideline
Bridging the Gap Between Fashion, Film, and Cultural Insight
Introduction
Aims and Scopes
- Fashion and Identity Studies:
The journal emphasizes the role of fashion in shaping personal and collective identities, examining how clothing choices reflect and construct cultural narratives. - Cultural Critique of Media Representations:
It critically analyzes the representation of fashion in film and television, exploring themes such as gender, race, and sexuality within various cultural contexts. - Interdisciplinary Approaches:
The journal employs diverse methodologies, integrating perspectives from sociology, cultural studies, film studies, and fashion theory to provide a comprehensive understanding of fashion phenomena. - Celebrity Culture and Fashion:
There is a consistent focus on the influence of celebrity culture on fashion trends, including how public figures shape societal perceptions of style and beauty. - Historical and Contemporary Analysis:
The journal examines both historical and contemporary aspects of fashion, allowing for a nuanced understanding of its evolution and impact over time.
Trending and Emerging
- Digital Fashion and Online Culture:
Recent publications highlight the impact of digital platforms on fashion consumption and identity, exploring how social media shapes perceptions and practices of style. - Queer and Diverse Representations in Fashion:
There is a growing emphasis on queer identities and diverse cultural expressions within fashion narratives, reflecting a broader societal shift towards inclusivity and representation. - Fashion and Crisis:
Emerging themes around fashion's role in times of crisis—be it personal, societal, or environmental—illustrate how style can serve as a form of resistance or commentary. - Intersectionality in Fashion Studies:
A trend towards intersectional analyses that consider race, class, gender, and sexuality in understanding fashion's impact on identity and culture is becoming more pronounced. - Celebrity Activism and Influence:
The journal is increasingly examining the role of celebrities not just as fashion icons but as activists whose choices and statements influence public discourse on various issues.
Declining or Waning
- Traditional Gender Norms in Fashion:
There appears to be a waning interest in conventional narratives surrounding gendered fashion norms, as the discourse shifts towards more fluid and diverse representations of gender in style. - Static Cultural Representations:
Themes that emphasize static or monolithic cultural representations in fashion are becoming less frequent, with a move towards more complex and intersectional analyses. - Historical Fashion Analysis without Contemporary Relevance:
There is a noticeable decline in purely historical analyses of fashion that do not connect to contemporary issues, reflecting a trend towards relevance in current sociopolitical contexts.
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