https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/99-361/s2021a/queer-fashion-part-leather/ Sat, 20 Feb 2021 16:05:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.11 https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/99-361/s2021a/queer-fashion-part-leather/#comment-27 Sat, 20 Feb 2021 16:05:42 +0000 https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/99-361/s2021a/?p=4166#comment-27 Franky, what an interesting article you selected and I appreciated your synopsis and reflections. I have an article about the creation of the masculine ideal (via suits in the Prussian Army) that I think you might find interesting and also relates to the ideas of fascism and suits. One of the things I appreciate about this article is that it about a kind of garment culture that explicitly uses symbolism to communicate. Which I believe we all do all the time – yet this article and BDSM garments make that very visible. The relationship of the visuals fascism and BDSM play with control and power is also interesting. Makes me think of this question: What roles do garments play in things/activities/events we consider taboo?

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