Title

Fashion and Physique Symposium:Dr. Joanne Entwistle "New Models of Diversity"

Contributor Names

Entwistle, Joanne

Date

2018-02-23

Description

Dr. Joanne Entwistle presenting "New Models of Diversity" at The Museum at FIT's 19th fashion symposium, Fashion and Physique, held on Friday, February 23, 2018.

The one-day symposium featured lectures and panels on topics such as the emergence of the plus-size fashion industry in the early twentieth century, the impact of popular culture on how we assess the female body, and fashion accessibility for the disabled in the technological age.

Dr. Joanne Entwistle is a reader in culture, media and creative industries at King's College, London. She is author of "The Fashioned Body: Fashion, Dress and Modern Social Theory."

Type

Moving Image

Lectures

Subject

Fashion

Clothing and dress

Body image

Plus-size women’s clothing industry

Human body in popular culture

Human body--Social aspects

Design--Human factors

Self-help devices for people with disabilities

Rights

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Identifier

FIT Repository ID: aod_000423