Visible Expression of Social Identity: the Clothing and Fashion

This paper includes the investigation about the relation between social identity and clothing and also fashion. And this relationship has been taken into consideration over the visual expression because even during the ancient times, the cloths were the basic and simple way of representing the ide...

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Main Author: Nihan AKDEMİR
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gaziantep University 2018-10-01
Series:Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences
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Online Access:http://dergipark.gov.tr/download/article-file/543644
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Summary:This paper includes the investigation about the relation between social identity and clothing and also fashion. And this relationship has been taken into consideration over the visual expression because even during the ancient times, the cloths were the basic and simple way of representing the identity and social classes. The visible expression of identity over clothing from Ancient Egypt to today’s clothing and fashion has been researched in this article. And the results have showed that every pieces of clothing from fabric to colouring have visual significations about social identity.
ISSN:1303-0094
2149-5459