<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">
<html><head><style type="text/css"><!--
blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li { padding-top: 0 ; padding-bottom: 0 }
--></style><title>Re: [GALA-L] 'Boyfriend style'</title></head><body>
<div><br></div>
<div>tribal identification through clothing styles. love it.</div>
<div>sounds like a great study. would love to be able to read it when
done.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>'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.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>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...</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>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..</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>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.</div>
<div>unfortunately, he doesn't seem to have done any more.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>[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]</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>best,</div>
<div>lexie</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>At 2:41 PM +0000 23/11/12, Jennifer Coates wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Dear Jane</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>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!</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Hope someone will be able to
help.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Best, Jen</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Jennifer Coates<br>
Emeritus Professor of English Language & Linguistics<br>
Department of Media, Culture and Language</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>University of Roehampton, London SW15
5SL.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>On 23 November 2012 06:11, Sunderland,
Jane <<a
href="mailto:j.sunderland@lancaster.ac.uk"
>j.sunderland@lancaster.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote>Dear all<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>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.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>We haven't been able to find any academic work on this
particular category, but would be delighted to know of any.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>In addition, any references/links anyone can send to ads
or features, as data on 'boyfriend style', would also be most
gratefully received.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>With best wishes to all<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><font color="#888888">Jane Sunderland</font><br>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>--</blockquote>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<x-sigsep><pre>--
</pre></x-sigsep>
<div>============================<br>
dr alexanne don<br>
roving systemicist<br>
http://www.interstrataltension.org<br>
============================</div>
</body>
</html>