Costume & Culture (costumeandculture.com) is extending its remit to include the work or other scholars and commentators. I invite contributions that explore clothes, costumes and wardrobes from interdisciplinary perspectives. These submissions can take the form of short summaries of ongoing research (500-1000 words), outlines of research that is published in more detail elsewhere, or extracts from larger texts. It is intended as a shapshot of ongoing research in this field. Key themes for exploration include (but are not limited to):
- The relationship between clothes and the body
- Technological developments in clothing and fashion
- Masks and disguises
- Transvestism and gender construction
- Dressing up, masquerade and cosplay
- Costume for film, TV and stage performance
- Fan fashion and cultural capital
- Clothes sharing
- Wardrobes, changing rooms and domestic dressing spaces
Contributions should be no more than 1000 words, and should include at least 2 images. Numbered references are preferable, and all images must be captioned. Include a short biography of 3-5 sentences. Contributions should be emailed to b.k.1.brownie@herts.ac.uk