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Can you be unique by wearing fast fashion? Exploring South African contemporary female consumers’ creative behaviour towards fast fashion uniqueness 穿上快时尚就能与众不同吗？探索南非当代女性消费者对快时尚独特性的创造性行为

Fashion, Style & Popular Culture Pub Date : 2024-07-08 DOI: 10.1386/fspc_00266_1

Elizabeth Kempen

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Chinese consumers’ attitudes towards clothing that incorporate Chinese cultural elements: A mixed method study 中国消费者对融入中国文化元素的服装的态度：混合方法研究

Fashion, Style & Popular Culture Pub Date : 2024-07-08 DOI: 10.1386/fspc_00265_1

Yuan Xi, Jinchi Yip

{"title":"Chinese consumers’ attitudes towards clothing that incorporate Chinese cultural elements: A mixed method study","authors":"Yuan Xi, Jinchi Yip","doi":"10.1386/fspc_00265_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/fspc_00265_1","url":null,"abstract":"In the globalized fashion market, a growing number of fashion brands and designers are utilizing Chinese cultural elements as a branding strategy to create competitive differentiation and attract Chinese consumers. Nevertheless, Chinese consumers’ attitudes towards different styles of clothing that incorporate Chinese cultural elements remain uncertain. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate Chinese consumers’ attitudes towards clothing that incorporate Chinese cultural elements. The study also explored the factors that influence their attitudes. A mixed method approach was employed to survey 189 Chinese consumers aged 18–30. The survey encompassed attitude scales and open-ended questions. Paired samples t-tests and inductive coding were used in the data analysis. The study’s findings indicated that Chinese consumers illustrated a significantly positive attitude towards Chinese-style clothing incorporating Chinese cultural elements, compared to global-style clothing incorporating Chinese cultural elements. Moreover, five factors influence Chinese consumers’ attitudes, namely cultural experience with Chinese cultural elements, symbolism of Chinese cultural elements, nationalist sentiments, cultural aesthetics and innovation of clothing, and the harmony between the clothing style and Chinese cultural elements. Practical implications to fashion brands and fashion designers are discussed.","PeriodicalId":513751,"journal":{"name":"Fashion, Style & Popular Culture","volume":"109 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141667307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Clothes shopping is a chore: Plus-size men’s experiences of clothes shopping in the United Kingdom 买衣服是件苦差事大码男士在英国的服装购物经历

Fashion, Style & Popular Culture Pub Date : 2024-07-08 DOI: 10.1386/fspc_00263_1

Craig Owen, Sarah Smith

{"title":"Clothes shopping is a chore: Plus-size men’s experiences of clothes shopping in the United Kingdom","authors":"Craig Owen, Sarah Smith","doi":"10.1386/fspc_00263_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/fspc_00263_1","url":null,"abstract":"The body positivity movement has called for greater inclusion of diverse body types within the fashion industry. Although a growing number of high street womenswear brands now include plus-size ranges and employ curvier models to represent them, UK menswear is still trailing far behind. Fashionable clothing for larger men is scarce, and the lack of research literature on the clothes shopping experiences of UK plus-size male consumers reflects this gap. The current research is the first study to explore male plus-size consumers’ experiences of clothes shopping in the United Kingdom. Semi-structured interviews were conducted online with ten plus-size men, and reflexive thematic analysis was used to generate two key themes. First, the ‘we struggle to fit in’ theme explores plus-size men’s problematic experiences of fitting into shopping environments, fitting in with their peers’ shopping experiences and fitting into clothes. The second theme, ‘we little care about what we wear’, identifies how the men dismissed clothes shopping, fashion and appearance concerns and identified gender differences as a means to justify these actions. Together, these themes demonstrate that plus-size men experience clothes shopping as a chore. Ultimately, we advise menswear brands to use these findings to facilitate a more welcoming, supportive and enjoyable shopping experience for plus-size men.","PeriodicalId":513751,"journal":{"name":"Fashion, Style & Popular Culture","volume":"4 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141668303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The underground: Alternative scenes and clothing styles in Costa Rica during the 1990s 地下世界20 世纪 90 年代哥斯达黎加的另类场景和服装风格

Fashion, Style & Popular Culture Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI: 10.1386/fspc_00252_1

Mariela Agüero Barrantes

{"title":"The underground: Alternative scenes and clothing styles in Costa Rica during the 1990s","authors":"Mariela Agüero Barrantes","doi":"10.1386/fspc_00252_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/fspc_00252_1","url":null,"abstract":"During the 1990s, Costa Rica experienced a growth in young bands performing emergent music genres. From a post-subcultural approach, this article argues that a varied array of young bands from different musical genres and scenes created a sense of unity and support that led to the creation of what was known as ‘the underground scene’ during the 1990s. The ‘underground scene’ served as a platform that opened up a series of spaces that were alternative to the mainstream, where youth groups were able to perform their music and create new styles. In these new spaces, members of the underground developed new clothing styles linked to their musical tastes. By interviewing members of different alternative rock and reggae bands, information was gathered and analysed to visualize the development of these scenes. Members of the scene established their clothing styles based on their icons and could be identified within a specific genre due to their dress. Aesthetics were a mix of influences and bands that came directly from western countries. Americanas (thrift stores) was youth’s primary outlet for clothing hunting and they adopted current styles directly from the United States.","PeriodicalId":513751,"journal":{"name":"Fashion, Style & Popular Culture","volume":"11 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141701422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Image and Identity: Mexican Fashion in the Modern Period, Curated by Akemi Luisa Herráez Vossbrink, Meadows Museum SMU, Dallas, TX, 9 September 2021–9 January 2022 形象与身份：现代时期的墨西哥时装》，由 Akemi Luisa Herráez Vossbrink 策展，德克萨斯州达拉斯 Meadows Museum SMU，2021 年 9 月 9 日至 2022 年 1 月 9 日

Fashion, Style & Popular Culture Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI: 10.1386/fspc_00253_5

Evan Blackwell

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Anti-sacred fashion: The use of profane performative costumes in the black metal music and performances of Nergal and Behemoth 反神圣时尚：在 Nergal 和 Behemoth 的黑金属音乐和表演中使用亵渎性的表演服装

Fashion, Style & Popular Culture Pub Date : 2024-05-03 DOI: 10.1386/fspc_00255_1

Lee Barron

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Undergraduate curators: Production of a justice-oriented fashion museum exhibition 本科生馆长：制作以正义为导向的时装博物馆展览

Fashion, Style & Popular Culture Pub Date : 2024-05-03 DOI: 10.1386/fspc_00258_1

Kelly L. Reddy-Best

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When East meets West: The politicization of kei pou (qipao) or cheongsam in Hong Kong 当东方遇到西方：旗袍在香港的政治化

Fashion, Style & Popular Culture Pub Date : 2024-05-03 DOI: 10.1386/fspc_00260_1

Jonathan Lee

{"title":"When East meets West: The politicization of kei pou (qipao) or cheongsam in Hong Kong","authors":"Jonathan Lee","doi":"10.1386/fspc_00260_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/fspc_00260_1","url":null,"abstract":"Kei pou (qipao in Mandarin) or cheongsam, the oft-interchangeable style of dress has been labelled as the ‘Chinese national dress’ due to western media. However, the perception originally stems from colonial mindset lacking understanding to the diverse Chinese diaspora. This article argues not only is kei pou or cheongsam the representation of Hong Kong’s local culture, but also the symbolism of Hongkonger’s cultural identity. Through object-based research, the article engages with a rare red quilted kei pou purchased in Hong Kong in the 1980s. The dress illustrates the true Oriental beauty with the symbolism of elegance and sophistication of Hong Kong women from an East Asian perspective. The article clarifies the etymological confusion between kei pou and cheongsam through their stylistic taxonomy and historical development and examines the cultural-political connotations of these two styles of dress and their semiotics in constructing the identity of Hongkongers. Consequently, the research proposes the interconnected relationship between the city and the dress, in which exists not only within the contexts of marginalized culture in the Eurocentric world, but also within the authoritarian-ruled China.","PeriodicalId":513751,"journal":{"name":"Fashion, Style & Popular Culture","volume":"92 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141015524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Black women, Brazilian butt lifts and body image: A qualitative study on the role social media play in promoting the thick ideal 黑人女性、巴西提臀术和身体形象：关于社交媒体在宣传 "丰满 "理想中所起作用的定性研究

Fashion, Style & Popular Culture Pub Date : 2024-05-03 DOI: 10.1386/fspc_00257_1

L. Grubbs, Casey R. Stannard

{"title":"Black women, Brazilian butt lifts and body image: A qualitative study on the role social media play in promoting the thick ideal","authors":"L. Grubbs, Casey R. Stannard","doi":"10.1386/fspc_00257_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/fspc_00257_1","url":null,"abstract":"Brazilian butt lift (BBL) surgery is defined by the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery as ‘a specialized fat transfer procedure that augments the size and shape of the buttocks without implants’. While members of all ethnic and racial groups elect to get cosmetic surgery, BBLs are especially popular among Black women. Unlike the Eurocentric beauty standard to be as thin as possible, Black women strive for an in-between weight, otherwise known as the thick ideal. This body ideal is based on the Mammy and Jezebel stereotypes of Black women and can cause women with excess or too little curves to feel a sense of inferiority or a lack of racial acceptance. Many prominent Black celebrities and influencers have either had, encouraged or drawn attention to BBLs through various mass media channels, including social media. Thus, this research aimed to understand the trend towards buttock augmentation and body concerns among Black women and examine if social media play a role in sharing information and opinions regarding the procedure within the Black community. The research was guided by two questions: (1) what discussions are Black women having about BBLs on social media? (2) Do conversations about BBLs impact Black women’s body image and body satisfaction? To explore the purpose, videos on TikTok were examined. TikTok, a video-focused social networking platform, was chosen due to its rising popularity, focus on appearance-based content and its emphasis on collaboration and conversation. The results fell under two themes: (1) motivations for having a BBL and (2) resistance against having a BBL. The themes were consistent with previous research done on the relationship between internet use and body image concerns, previous research conducted on the impact of the thick ideal on Black women’s body image and sociocultural theories of self-objectification, social comparison and body surveillance.","PeriodicalId":513751,"journal":{"name":"Fashion, Style & Popular Culture","volume":"20 79","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141016505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Service quality expectations of international fashion apparel brands in India: Satisfaction loyalty and the mediating role of culture 印度国际时尚服装品牌对服务质量的期望：满意度忠诚度和文化的中介作用

Fashion, Style & Popular Culture Pub Date : 2024-05-03 DOI: 10.1386/fspc_00259_1

Neetu Singh

{"title":"Service quality expectations of international fashion apparel brands in India: Satisfaction loyalty and the mediating role of culture","authors":"Neetu Singh","doi":"10.1386/fspc_00259_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/fspc_00259_1","url":null,"abstract":"Service quality is an important determinant of customer brand experience, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty, with cross-cultural differences leading to varied expectations of service from consumers. Our research aims to understand the influence of the service quality expectations and cultural factors that influence customer satisfaction and loyalty, and the moderating role of cultural values on the relationship between customer satisfaction and loyalty of international fashion apparel brand purchasing of young consumers in India. Data collected across 142 young consumers in India via questionnaire are analysed using PLS_SEM structural modelling. The findings indicate that the service quality parameter tangibility has a significantly positive relationship with customer satisfaction while both reliability and formality positively influence customer loyalty. The cultural value self-transcendence depicts a significant positive relationship with customer loyalty, while the moderating effect of conservation on the relationship between customer satisfaction and customer loyalty is also significantly positive, validating the role of cultural values as both a predictor and moderator of customer purchase motivation.","PeriodicalId":513751,"journal":{"name":"Fashion, Style & Popular Culture","volume":"11 43","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141016629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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