Essays about: "sartorial style"

Found 1 essay containing the words sartorial style.

  1. 1. Affiliation with the Past : Narrating Identity Through Neo-Edwardian Style in Digital Era

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Modevetenskap

    Author : Daria Romanova; [2020]
    Keywords : Fashion; identity; neo-Edwardian; sartorial style; authenticity; nostalgia; historically inspired fashion; period attire;

    Abstract : The focus of this study is on the contemporary phenomenon of the adaptation the motifs of the European turn-of-the-century fashion – Edwardian fashion (1901-1910) – to daily or a near-daily sartorial practice, defined by the author as neo-Edwardian style. On the premises of ethnographic study, this thesis explores how people transform and embody their identities through garments by living images and motifs of ‘past’ to negotiate the meanings of their clothing, appearances and personalities in the present. READ MORE