Fashion-Wise
Hello!
It’s been several months since the 1st Global Conference Fashion: Exploring Critical Issues ended (held at Mansfield College, Oxford University, Sept 25-27, 2009). The post- conference time has been full of activities–keeping in touch with new colleagues and friends, organizing publications emerging from the meeting; teaching and administrative duties; and weathering that rare phenomenon, a system of hard-hitting Southern California rainstorms.
If you would like to read more about what was presented at the 2009 conference, an eBook will soon be available online. 1st Global Conference delegate Lucy Collins, of Temple University, USA (philosophy) posted a recap of papers she was engaged by—and some photos from the meeting, as well–at wornthrough.com. http://www.wornthrough.com/2009/10/15/fashion-exploring-critical-issues-conference-recap/
Another delegate, Erica de Greef, Senior Lecturer and Head of Department (Theory) at LISOF, Johannesburg, South Africa, provided a thorough overview of all of the papers presented.
http://www.ifashion.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2250&Itemid=272
The call-for-papers for the 2nd Global Conference has just gone out. Our next conference will be held Sept 23-26, 2010, at Oriel College, Oxford University. http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/fashion/call-for-papers/
I’ll be writing at this blog site regularly, sharing some of my thoughts and observations, fashion-wise. I look forward to hearing from you.
Best,
Jacque Lynn Foltyn
Project Leader, Fashions: Exploring Critical Issues
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- Age, weight, and fashion…again, and again….
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Hi! This sounds really interesting! Keep me posted. I look forward to reading about fashion and related topics from a new perspective. Shelley
Thanks, Shelley. Stay in contact. Something “wild” next week!
Hi Jacque Lynn, I would like more information on this subject. Can you please advise?
Thanks, Christine
Hello Christine, Good to hear from you! You can learn more about the conference by visiting the website and reading the theme statement (http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/fashion/ ), by reading the CFPs, and by visiting the archive for the 2009 conference, where you can read the 2009 program and some of the papers. You can also email me at jfoltyn@nu.edu .
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Jacque Lynn Foltyn
Project Leader
Hi Jacque,
Very interesting, I’ll checking in often, I like the subject!!
How about cultural influences in american fashion. (idea)
Silvia
Absolutely, Silvia. Big topic! What cultural influences on American fashion did you have in mind? I immediately think of music, film, Hollywood, the Red Carpet, sports, work, and American values such as expressive individualism, conquering and taming nature, the frontier, the self-made person, self-improvement, materialism, competition, progress, etc. All of the above are future topics to explore. I am editing (and contributing) to a book, comprised of chapters from the Sept 2009 conference, called: Fashions: Exploring Fashion through Culture.
Jacque Lynn Foltyn
Project Leader, Fashion