Fashion meets journalism: Mapping and evaluating Australian fashion media

Wylie, Shannon

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“…In line with the multifaceted conceptualization of fashion described above, fashion journalism, as a discipline, represents the integration of the themes and professional practices associated with it, namely, modernity, consumerism, communication, and the media (Wylie 2012). Broadly speaking, the overall purpose of fashion journalism is to describe, analyse, and review fashion-related entities, although (mock) critical and personalized commentary is also quite prevalent, particularly in the form of irony (König 2006;Lynge-Jorlén 2012).…”

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Hyphenated Phrasal Expressions in Fashion Journalism: A Diachronic Corpus-assisted Study of Vogue Magazine

Camiciottoli

2021

Lingue Culture Mediazioni - Languages Cultures Mediation (LCM Journal)

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Following Barthes’s seminal Système de la Mode, there have been relatively few studies focusing on fashion journalism from a linguistic perspective. This paper offers an in-depth analysis of hyphenated phrasal expressions (HPEs) of three or more constituents in the American edition of Vogue. The Vogue corpus covers a timeframe from 2003 to 2019 to provide diachronic insights. Corpus software was used to extract and analyse all hyphenated phrasal expressions. Results showed a general rise in usage over time, with most functioning as adjectives in line with the descriptive and evaluative purposes of fashion journalism. A wide range of structural patterns reflected richly detailed and striking mental images (i.e., *-and-*, *-meets-*), multiple roles (i.e., *-slash-*, NP-NP-NP), and novelty [(*)-of-the-moment, *-to-be]. Extensive clause-like HPEs offered a particularly interesting window on the writing talents of this discourse community. The study provides a useful benchmark for contrastive studies aiming to understand to what extent HPE usage in American Vogue may influence the writing style of journalists of other language backgrounds, with particular reference to Italian fashion journalism.

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Hyphenated Phrasal Expressions in Fashion Journalism: A Diachronic Corpus-assisted Study of Vogue Magazine

Camiciottoli

2021

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“…Following Barthes, fashion journalism has continued to play an important role within the fashion discourse community which brings together an interesting mix of industry and media professionals, consumers, celebrities, and enthusiasts. Wylie (2012) noted that, from a disciplinary perspective, fashion journalism represents a complex intersection of the themes and professional practices of the two domains it represents, i.e. fashion (modernity and consumerism), and journalism (communication and the media).…”

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‘My almost-leggings-so-I’m-kind-of-cheating jeans’: Exploring hyphenated phrasal expressions in fashion discourse

Camiciottoli

2018

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The language of fashion was first investigated by Roland Barthes in his influential book Système de la Mode, but it has since received scant attention from linguists, perhaps due to perceptions of frivolousness associated with the fashion world. This study explores contemporary fashion discourse through a systematic analysis of hyphenated phrasal expressions as linguistic features that are analytically challenging, but with strong expressive potential. The Fashion Discourse Corpus consists of 396,125 words compiled from the traditional fashion press (Vogue, Women’s Wear Daily, Harper’s Bazaar) and two leading fashion blogs, representing both American and British English. For comparative purposes, a reference corpus was extracted from American and British benchmark corpora. The quantitative analysis revealed that hyphenated phrasal expressions were considerably more frequent in the Fashion Discourse Corpus. Follow-up qualitative analysis identified conventional, semi-conventional, and non-conventional types, along with recurring structural patterns and communicative functions used to describe and evaluate fashion phenomena. The fashion blogs in particular contained richly expressive items that seemed to reflect the writer’s unique voice and identity within the discourse community. The findings can be applied in journalism and communication courses to help aspiring writers learn to use hyphenated phrasal expressions effectively.

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Great Expectations: The Dissonant Media Portrayals of Local Independent Fashion Designers

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2019

Fashion Communication in the Digital Age

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The circular economy has led to consumers demanding access to trustworthy information about a garment's provenance as well as more detailed transparency on the second hand or recycled products they buy. Emerging digital technologies such as smart tags coupled with blockchain technology are offering solutions which promise to resolve some of the issues surrounding fibre origin, quality and ethical practice. However, although smart tags are accessible through open access, blockchain technology which verifies the claims on the tags, is less accessible, poorly understood and currently not universally available. Through the textual analysis of garment labels and interviews with designers, this study adds to the literature on communicating sustainable practice to consumers through digital garment labelling (smart tags) and contends that consumers as well as technology developers need simplified and standardised information on garment labels not only regarding content and care but ecological impact, to inform conscious sustainable practice and contribute to systems change.

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Fashion meets journalism: Mapping and evaluating Australian fashion media

Abstract: This study demonstrates how to study fashion journalism from the point of view, that it is its

Cited by 5 publications

References 6 publications

Hyphenated Phrasal Expressions in Fashion Journalism: A Diachronic Corpus-assisted Study of Vogue Magazine

Hyphenated Phrasal Expressions in Fashion Journalism: A Diachronic Corpus-assisted Study of Vogue Magazine

‘My almost-leggings-so-I’m-kind-of-cheating jeans’: Exploring hyphenated phrasal expressions in fashion discourse

Great Expectations: The Dissonant Media Portrayals of Local Independent Fashion Designers

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