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In a new blog post on the CommsWomen platform, Tesh Diggins, a student at the University of Alabama, College of Communication and Information Sciences, analyses an article on the garment workers campaign by Pamela Ulrich, published by Clothing and Textiles Research Journal. In a case study titled “’Look for the Label’ – The International Ladies’…
In a new blog post on the CommsWomen platform, Palmer Hayes, a student at the University of Alabama, College of Communication and Information Sciences, analyses an article by Herbert Blumer on fashion and class published by the Sociological Quarterly. From the traditional idea of fashion as a tool for class distinction to a more nuanced…
In a new blog post on the CommsWomen platform, Jamie Ryan, a student at the University of Alabama, College of Communication and Information Sciences, analyses an article on storytelling and social networking in luxury fashion by Zahaira Fabiola González Romo, Irene García-Medina, and Noemí Plaza Romero published by International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies. In…
In a new blog post on the CommsWomen platform, Palmer Hayes, a student at the University of Alabama, College of Communication and Information Sciences, analyses an article on fashion and communication by Malcolm Barnard published by Popular Communication Journal by Routledge. The article “Fashion as Communication Revisited” written by Malcolm Barnard, begins by highlighting fashion’s…
In a new blog post on the CommsWomen platform, Maryanna Mays, a student at the University of Alabama, College of Communication and Information Sciences, analyses an article on global sweatshops by John Trumpbour published by Labor History. John Trumpbour wrote an excellent review article analyzing the literature on global sweatshops. He identified two significant…
In a new blog post on the CommsWomen platform, Alexa Sikola, a student at the University of Alabama, College of Communication and Information Sciences, analyses an article on consumerism, advertising and fashion by Federica Maria Marrella published in Global Fashion Conference Proceeding. In the realm of fashion, advertising is more than a marketing tool; it’s…
In a new blog post on the CommsWomen platform, Kaitlyn Dinwiddie, a student at the University of Alabama, College of Communication and Information Sciences, analyses an article on fashion communication and culture by Malcolm Barnard published by Springer. Rummaging through your closet and pondering which outfit to wear for the day ahead is a part…
In a new blog post on the Comms Women platform, Endia Witherspoon, a student at the University of Alabama, College of Communication and Information Sciences, writes about the sexualization of fashion. Many brands and companies use the quote ‘Sex Sells’ when determining why the fashion industry is so over-sexualized. As we all know for many…
In a new blog post on the Comms Women platform, David Ash, a student at the University of Alabama, College of Communication and Information Sciences, summarizes a new article by a fashion communication scholar, Sophie Johnson, from Nottingham Trent University in the UK, on the crisis in the fashion industry published in the Corporate Communications:…
In a new post on the Comms Women platform, Taylor Arduino, a student at the University of Alabama, College of Communication and Information Sciences, speaks with Taylor McGraw and Reece Cunningham, owners of a Maison Divisée boutique in Oklahoma. Taylor McGraw and Reece Cunningham, two sisters from Oklahoma, are the proud owners of Maison Divisée,…