Abstract
The queer thought supports identities that blur the boundaries between social cate-gories, blending them through different hybrids. In this article, the queer involvement with the subject world is projected on the world of objects, focusing on clothing objects. Unlike the tight, western wardrobe organized in an upright logic, the skirt is an object with diverse, free and hybrid possibilities for cultural defi-nition, calling upon a discussion for identity aspects. These are embodied in the possibilities for identity performance while presenting protection and concealment or as self-expression and exposure. In this article, the view on the skirt is paused, creating de-automatization in its regard; the article examines the skirt’s material qualities using ‘anthropology of the object’, in which the material aspects are examined while considering its history understanding its sociological and cultural role. The article claims that the skirt’s changing, contradictory and fluid charac-terizations mark it as a different, unusual dress in the modern wardrobe array. Therefore, it is a free and ‘other’ factor, the wardrobe’s queer. The article states that it is an object containing diverse, free and hybrid possibilities for cultural defini-tion, gender fluidity and the ability to undermine the binary division of wearable objects.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 13-22 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Fashion, Style and Popular Culture |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2023 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Authors.
Keywords
- androgynous object
- gender identity
- masculinity
- object–subject
- queer garment
- relationships
- wardrobe
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Cultural Studies
- Materials Science (miscellaneous)
- Strategy and Management
- Marketing