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Found 4 swedish dissertations matching the above criteria.

  2. 1. "This is all fake, this is all plastic, this is me" : An ethnographic study of the interrelations between style, sexuality and gender in contemporary Stockholm

    Author : Philip Warkander; Anu Koivunen; Louise Wallenberg; Lena Martinsson; Agnes Rocamora; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; style; gender; sexuality; queer; contemporary Stockholm; fashion; networks; bricolage; power; assemblages; sartorial practices; ethnography; wardrobe studies; actor-network theory; performativity; modevetenskap; Fashion Studies;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates the processes and effects involved in the production of styles in contemporary Stockholm. Particular focus is given to materialization processes regarding gender and sexuality. READ MORE

  4. 2. Looking vanlig; neither too much nor too little : A study of consumption of clothing among mainstream youth in a Swedish small town

    Author : Emma Lindblad; Jacob Östberg; Klas Nyberg; Magdalena Petersson Mcintyre; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Consumption; Denim; Mainstream; Subculture; Ordinary; Youth; modevetenskap; Fashion Studies;

    Abstract : This thesis studies consumption among young people who identify as mainstreamers in a Swedish small town. In order to map patterns of clothing consumption and to understand what was central in the young people’s self-identification, the research was conducted using a mix of ethnographic methods and wardrobe studies. READ MORE

  5. 3. "In to Stay" : Selling Three-Strip Technicolor and Fashion in the 1930s and 1940s

    Author : Natalie Snoyman; Marina Dahlquist; Lucy Fischer; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Three-strip Technicolor; fashion; color; consumerism; promotion; fashion history; rayon; film history; American history; modevetenskap; Fashion Studies;

    Abstract : This study investigates the relationship between the fashion and film industries during the classical era between the early 1930s and mid-1940s. It focuses on the three-strip Technicolor process as the binding force upon which these two industries relied in collaborations during that time and looks at technical challenges the new process presented to productions in terms of wardrobe design. READ MORE

  6. 4. Does it really fit? : improve, find and evaluate garment fit

    Author : Niina Hernández; Inga Dāboliņa; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : garment fit; fit value; pattern construction; pattern modifications; virtual; made-to-measure; custom-made; garment; garment simulation;

    Abstract : Clothes affect everyone; we wear them for all occasions; they silently communicate on our behalf, and they can enhance our level of confidence and comfort. For the garment to be comfortable, the garment fit has to be appropriate. Appropriate for the intended function and in line with the wearer’s preferences. READ MORE