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1. 1. Fashion Beyond Sight : Perceptions of fashion and dress by visually impaired women in Finland

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Modevetenskap

   Author : Mikko Kukkonen; [2021]
   Keywords : non-visual fashion and dress; material culture; everyday embodiment; visually impaired people; habitus; field of fashion; aesthetic knowledge; diversity;

   Abstract : Understanding fashion and dress is frequently dictated by the sense of sight and the social fact of visibility. This thesis aims to explore the phenomenon of non-visual fashion and dress with a particular focus on visually impaired people and their bodies as a site of knowledge production. READ MORE