Overview

Fashion is widely recognised as a site for social acceptance and rejection, and as a signifier of personal identity. What happens when people stray from ‘appropriate’ dress codes or associate garments with ‘respectability’ or deviance? How does fashion relate to criminality? In this interdisciplinary volume, leading scholars propose new ways of seeing everyday dress and the body in public space. Garments and individual or group wearers are used as case studies to explore the codification of clothing as criminal – hoodies, trench-coats, Norwegian Lustkoffe sweaters, low-slung trousers and Hip Hop styling are all untangled as garments with criminal significance. The book questions the point at which morality as a form of social control meets criminality, and suggests ways to renegotiate established dress codes and terms such as ‘suitability’ and ‘glamour’ through the study of what people wear in response to notions of criminality.

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Author:   Joanne Turney (Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9781780766980

ISBN 10:   178076698
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   25 July 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Joanne Turney 1 White Lies and the Tailoring of Evil Jonathan Faiers 2 The Horror of the Hoodie: Clothing the Criminal Joanne Turney 3 The Criminalisation of the Saggy Pant Holly Price Alford 4 Mug Shot/Head Shot: Danger, Beauty and the Temporal Politics of Booking Photography Stephanie Sadre-Orafai 5 Kogyaru and Pleasure of Dressing as a 'Delinquent Girl' (furyo shojo) Sharon Kinsella 6 There's no B'ness like 'Ho' B'ness (50 Cent, PIMP): Deconstructing the Hip-Hop 'Ho' Alex Franklin 7 Fear and Clothing in Adidas: Branded Sportswear and Fashioning the 'Handy Dandy' Joanne Turney 8 Crime and Fashion in the 1950s and 1960s in Socialist Hungary Katalin Medvedev 9 Queer Materiality: An Empirical Study of Gender Subversive Styles in Contemporary Stockholm Philip Warkander 10 Material Evidence: Sexual Assault, Provocative Clothing and Fashion Joanne Turney 11 Skulls and Crossbones: America's Confederacy of Pirates Anne Cecil 12 A 'Louse' in Court: Norwegian Knitted Sweaters on Big-Time Criminals Ingun Grimstad Klepp 13 Out of the Trenches and into Vogue: Un-belting the Trench Coat Marilyn Cohen 14 From Revolting to Revolting: Masculinity, the Politics and Body Politic of the Tracksuit Joanne Turney Contributors Index

Reviews

This original and ground-breaking book skilfully unpicks the links between crime and clothing. It is a must-read for anyone interested in how the state legislates what we wear, how the media sensationalises specific styles, and how wearers deemed deviant express themselves through clothing. * Alison Matthews David, Ryerson University, Canada * Capturing the scandalous ways sartorial practices connect to criminal activities, Fashion Crimes is a thought-provoking exploration of socio-cultural and political meanings entangled with dress and deviancy. * Theresa M. Winge, Michigan State University, USA * In this truly unique volume, diverse essays challenge established methodologies of dress studies and move the subject area forward. This is an original contribution to a fascinating area of study. * Emmanuelle Dirix, Antwerp Fashion Academy, Belgium *

The collection of essays in this book offers an insightful look at the unspoken sartorial coding featured in society ... While there is other published research on symbolism of clothing and limitations imposed, such as sumptuary laws, this book is unique in that it demonstrates sociocultural and political consequences of clothing in contemporary society. * The Journal of Dress History * [Fashion Crimes] offers intriguing and well-considered takes on dress and criminality, discussions that scholars in the field should find worthwhile. Summing Up: Recommended. * CHOICE * This original and ground-breaking book skilfully unpicks the links between crime and clothing. It is a must-read for anyone interested in how the state legislates what we wear, how the media sensationalises specific styles, and how wearers deemed deviant express themselves through clothing. * Alison Matthews David, Ryerson University, Canada * Capturing the scandalous ways sartorial practices connect to criminal activities, Fashion Crimes is a thought-provoking exploration of socio-cultural and political meanings entangled with dress and deviancy. * Theresa M. Winge, Michigan State University, USA * In this truly unique volume, diverse essays challenge established methodologies of dress studies and move the subject area forward. This is an original contribution to a fascinating area of study. * Emmanuelle Dirix, Antwerp Fashion Academy, Belgium *

[Fashion Crimes] offers intriguing and well-considered takes on dress and criminality, discussions that scholars in the field should find worthwhile. Summing Up: Recommended. * CHOICE * This original and ground-breaking book skilfully unpicks the links between crime and clothing. It is a must-read for anyone interested in how the state legislates what we wear, how the media sensationalises specific styles, and how wearers deemed deviant express themselves through clothing. * Alison Matthews David, Ryerson University, Canada * Capturing the scandalous ways sartorial practices connect to criminal activities, Fashion Crimes is a thought-provoking exploration of socio-cultural and political meanings entangled with dress and deviancy. * Theresa M. Winge, Michigan State University, USA * In this truly unique volume, diverse essays challenge established methodologies of dress studies and move the subject area forward. This is an original contribution to a fascinating area of study. * Emmanuelle Dirix, Antwerp Fashion Academy, Belgium *

Author Information

Joanne Turney is Associate Professor at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. She is the author of The Culture of Knitting (2009).

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