Fashion’s Transnational Inequalities

Anna-Mari Almila is Senior Researcher in Cultural Sociology at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.Serkan Delice is Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Historical Studies at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UK.

'This volume makes a timely and much-needed contribution to understanding the fashion system's constraints and potential in responding to pressing issues such as decolonization and the climate crisis by bringing together a remarkable representation of the various ways inequalities manifest themselves in the global fashion arena.'Simona Serge-Reinach, Associate Professor in Fashion Studies, University of Bologna

• 1.Introduction: Fashion and Transnational Inequalities – What, Where, and Why? Anna-Mari Almila and Serkan Delice 2.Ethno-Racial Capitalism within Contemporary Fashion: Forced Labour and the Uyghur Crisis Flavia Loscialpo 3.Where is Living Labour in Fashion and Cultural Appropriation Debates? Serkan Delice 4.The Sociality of Decolonisation: Making Fashion, Heritage, and Cultural Sustainability in Vietnam Rimi Khan 5.New Fashion Ethics: Who Has Justice and Value in Fashion? Kirsi Niinimäki 6.From Stylistic Capital to Stylistic Inequalities: What Style Brings to Individuals, and What It Can Take from Them Frédéric Godart 7.The Myth of Trickle-Down: How Fashions Do (Not) Spread in European Fashion Magazines, and What This Tells Us about Power and Status in the Global Fashion System Giselinde Kuipers, Luuc Brans, and Luca Carbone 8.From Paca to Vintage Clothing: Inequality and Border Among Resellers in Monterrey, México Efrén Sandoval 9.Pandemic Fashions or the Historical Inequality of It All Anna-Mari Almila