McCauley Bowstead, Jay and Barry, Ben (2019) Influential Images – diversifying the male body in fashionable representation. In: Fashion Costume & Visual Cultures Conference: Roubaix, 9 - 11 July 2019, Université de Lille (Roubaix).
Type of Research: | Conference, Symposium or Workshop Item |
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Creators: | McCauley Bowstead, Jay and Barry, Ben |
Description: | The emergence of an androgynous aesthetic in menswear from the turn of the millennium has introduced alternative notions of masculinity and men’s beauty that have challenged previously hegemonic ideals defined by strength, muscularity and invulnerability. Nevertheless, these new forms of fashionable expression have, almost without exception, been embodied by young, thin, (usually white), non-disabled, cis gender male models. In this way, men’s fashion has continued to exclude fat, older, disabled and trans men, positioning them as outside the bounds of fashionability. Today, however, these “other” men are claiming their right to be seen, to be desired and to be in style via social media. In turn, fashion’s gatekeepers have had to rethink their prejudices or risk being seen as rather démodé themselves. This paper seeks to assess the cultural significance of these emergent forms of fashionable representation by exploring the role of the social medial “Influencer” in disseminating new models of male embodiment along with new discourses of diversity and inclusivity. |
Keywords/subjects not otherwise listed: | Ageing, Fat Studies, Embodiment |
Your affiliations with UAL: | Colleges > London College of Fashion |
Date: | 9 July 2019 |
Funders: | London College of Fashion Research Office |
Related Websites: | https://culturesdemode.com/evenements/call-for-papers-fashion-costume-and-visual-cultures-fcvc2019/ |
Event Location: | Université de Lille (Roubaix) |
Date Deposited: | 15 May 2020 13:41 |
Last Modified: | 15 May 2020 13:41 |
Item ID: | 15667 |
URI: | https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/15667 |
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