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Owen, PB and Owen, KJ (2020) Fashion at the periphery. In: Chicago Fashion Lyceum . (Chicago Fashion Lyceum, 22 September 2020 - 11 October 2020, Chicago Fashion Lyceum, Chicago, IL).
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Sneakers, trainers, kicks, webs, strides, soles, creps, beaters, trabs or trainees, whatever you call your footwear, there is a particular tribe who are obsessive about their footwear... Sneaker enthusiasts are attached to their possessions unlike any other sub-culture. Obsession, Style and Place is an ongoing project intended to highlight specific sub-groups who live significantly for sneakers. From the birth of the Terrace Casual, the unique seekers and the under-represented sectors born out of this culture. Emphasising this much-loved fashion area gives rise to the tribes and cohesive socio-groups who define and are defined by values and tensions around status, belonging and the need for individuality. This research offers new insight from stories from the terraces, provides opportunity to view rare, original and vintage sneakers that informed the birth of the Casuals in Liverpool, UK. To those who subscribe to the pimping up of their sneakers and those not yet heavily featured. Early and emerging research regarding the under-representation of ‘Restorers, Convertors and Customisers’ within the Sneakerhead community. Including the shortage of stories being told in terms of Menswear, it’s past, present and future status contextualises and places the subject within arenas for larger debate, thus raising awareness, and bridging gaps within the field.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Other) |
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| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GT Manners and customs > GT500 Costume. Dress. Fashion |
| Divisions: | Art & Design |
| Publisher: | Chicago Fashion Lyceum |
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| Date Deposited: | 22 Oct 2020 10:37 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Apr 2022 15:18 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/13882 |
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