'Boyfriend style'

[Anita Taylor]

el don, are you thinking of the artist Romaine Brooks?

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From: el don <eldon at PANIX.COM>
Date: Friday, November 23, 2012 6:54 pm
Subject: Re: [GALA-L] 'Boyfriend style'

> 
> tribal identification through clothing styles. love it.
> sounds like a great study. would love to be able to read it when done.
> 
> 'boyfriend style' something akin to wearing your boyfriend's 
> clothes, 
> but as a style, the tailoring must be just right so that it looks 
> like it's been made for a man, but it fits a female body, um, 
> properly.
> 
> versions of 'boyfriend style' reappear every so often. in the 60s 
> there was a style of wearing shirts and ties, and retro stylists 
> still effect this look sometimes. the blazer is a common element, 
> as 
> are pants finishing just above the hip, just below the waist. jeans 
> with flies in front were not common women's apparel until the 60s 
> too...
> 
> who was that woman who dressed as man while still 'being' a woman 
> at 
> the turn of the century? there's a watchable movie made about her 
> starring the wonderful judy davis i believe..
> 
> anyway, one book, not on boyfriend style, but on fashion generally 
> that you probably already know of, but which i particularly like is 
> fred davis' 'fashion, culture, and identity', uni of chicago press, 
> 1992.
> unfortunately, he doesn't seem to have done any more.
> 
> [btw, if anyone knows of any articles on the way that shoe styles 
> mimic the social status of women, could they please let me know 
> offlist - i remember reading a good article way back in the 70s, 
> before digital, but cannot find anything on this recently. have a 
> particular interest in the way that the fashion right now for women 
> is to totter about]
> 
> 
> best,
> lexie
> 
> At 2:41 PM +0000 23/11/12, Jennifer Coates wrote:
> >Dear Jane
> >
> >Sounds really interesting but I have never even heard of 
> 'boyfriend 
> >style'!! I am loving retirement - but am clearly out of touch with 
> >contemporary trends!
> >
> >Hope someone will be able to help.
> >
> >Best, Jen
> >
> >Jennifer Coates
> >Emeritus Professor of English Language & Linguistics
> >Department of Media, Culture and Language
> >University of Roehampton, London SW15 5SL.
> >
> >
> >On 23 November 2012 06:11, Sunderland, Jane 
> ><<mailto:j.sunderland at lancaster.ac.uk>j.sunderland at lancaster.ac.uk> 
> >wrote:
> >
> >Dear all
> >
> >An undergraduate student of mine, Grace Harper, is writing her 
> >dissertation on the construction of women and girls in ads for 
> >'boyfriend style' fashion, and blogs and magazine features which 
> >talk about this.
> >
> >We haven't been able to find any academic work on this particular 
> >category, but would be delighted to know of any.
> >
> >In addition, any references/links anyone can send to ads or 
> >features, as data on 'boyfriend style', would also be most 
> >gratefully received.
> >
> >With best wishes to all
> >
> >Jane Sunderland
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> 
> 
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