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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,…
In this post on the Comms Women platform, Holley Jackson, a student at the University of Alabama, College of Communication and Information Sciences, speaks with Ebbie Stutts, a junior at the University of Alabama who also serves as a director of the student circular economy initiative, the Quad Marketplace. Photo: Courtesy of Ebbie Stutts Ebbie…
In this post on the Comms Women initiative, Morgan Butler, a student at the University of Alabama, College of Communication and Information Sciences, interviews Jamie Papazis, a production assistant at a luxury event planning company The world of fashion is an ever-changing force that comes with many parts. Many view fashion as a means of…
In this blog post on the Comms Women platform, Maggie McKay, a student at the University of Alabama, College of Communication and Information Sciences, speaks with Ashley Morris, the PR executive from Alabama. Ashley Morris, the Public Relations executive for the University of Alabama’s National Retail Federation chapter, asserts that global fashion trends and the…