Women's Studies 2164A Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mario Testino, Valerie Steele, Gibson Girl

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2164A
• Professor: Olson

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Fashion and fetish: what is a fetish? (there are a few meanings, a strong preference, a sexual attraction to a piece of clothing, eg. a rubber fetish or heel fetish. Ambition tour: there is an entire fashion show devoted to fetish wear in montreal. Tight-lacing (of corsets: tight-la(cid:272)i(cid:374)g (cid:449)as(cid:374)(cid:859)t p(cid:396)a(cid:272)ti(cid:272)ed fo(cid:396) the (cid:373)ajo(cid:396)it(cid:455) of (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:449)he(cid:374) the(cid:455) (cid:449)o(cid:396)e (cid:272)o(cid:396)sets, (cid:271)ut it was practiced in the 19th century and into the 20th century for fetish purposes. Third-wave feminism and the sexy fashion system: embraced by those who came of age in the 80s or later, e(cid:454)ualit(cid:455) a(cid:374)d shoppi(cid:374)g a(cid:396)e i(cid:373)po(cid:396)ta(cid:374)t (cid:894)the sa(cid:373)e ki(cid:374)d of idea as (cid:858)lipsti(cid:272)k(cid:859) fe(cid:373)i(cid:374)is(cid:373)(cid:895) The body as carnivalesque: carnival is about embodiment and resisting/critiquing the cultural ideals of the aristocracy. It is a utopian space which erased the differences of privilege: this could be linked to the ideals of the woman who rejects the high fashion system of.