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A typology of fashion violence
Abstract
In the study of fashion there is a temptation to privilege the experience of seduction, glamour and empowerment of individuals, or the representation of cultural values through dress. But fashion also has a propensity for narcissism (self-satisfaction) and the potential for this self-satisfaction to be achieved through the harassment and degradation of others. In this article, fashion is examined as an everyday site for establishing social distinctions, where violence in the form of microaggressions and bullying is masked by the apparent superficially and innocuousness of clothing. The aim is to demonstrate how fashion is implicated in the three levels of everyday violence identified by Galtung (1990) in his typography of violence. The article takes examples from the cultural realm of fashion and a set of interviews with young people who experienced bullying because of their clothes. The examples are applied to Galtung’s model to produce a typology of fashion violence.
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“Von Busch and Bjereld (2016) further describe fashion bullying as a form of symbolic violence since it uses clothing as a visible marker through which social hierarchies are reproduced.”
From Prevalence of Fashion Bullying in Lower Secondary Education: Evidence from Two Urban Romanian Schools (2025) · cites this paper as Von Busch and Bjereld, 2016
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“These findings are consistent with the international literature on the role of clothing as symbolic markers of social status (Von Busch & Bjereld, 2016; Williams, 2008)”
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Armstrong, C. M. J. (2020) · Clothing and Textiles Research Journal · doi:10.1177/0887302x20917457 · Cited by 30
von Busch, O. (2018) · Contagion Journal of Violence Mimesis and Culture · doi:10.14321/contagion.25.2018.0079 · Cited by 4
POPA, A.-M., & ŢĂRANU, A. M. (2025) · Journal of Pedagogy - Revista de Pedagogie · doi:10.26755/revped/2025.2/201
Zalaquett, M. J. B. (2021) · Anuario de Derechos Humanos · doi:10.5354/0718-2279.2021.64779
Harrison, B. (2023) · doi:10.32920/23978799.v1 · Cited by 1
Metadata
- Authors
- Von Busch, O., & Bjereld, Y.
- Affiliations
- The New School (US)
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
- Venue
- Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty
- Publisher
- Intellect
- Published
- 2016-06-01
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 89-107
- ISSN
- 2040-4417 (ISSN-L)
- 2040-4425
- OpenAlex
- W2471227369
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 6.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Fashion and Cultural Textiles
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Cultural and Historical Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Youth Culture and Social Dynamics
- Keywords
- typology of violence, everyday violence, microaggressions, bullying, clothing, narcissism, social distinction, youth, harassment
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