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Refashioning Masculinity
Refashioning Masculinity investigates how men construct their identities through appearance and how fashion can be a vital tool to advance social change.
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Development Grant
- FCAD Centre for Fashion Diversity & Social Change
- Ryerson Athletics
- Ben Barry
- Daniel Drak
- Stephanie Rotz
- Dylan Martin
- Rebecca Halliday
- Amy Smith
- Nathaniel Weiner
- Lawrence Cortez
- Alyksandra Ackerman
- Jennifer Braun
- Jeanine Brito
2014-2016
- The first stage of the project consists of interviews with men of diverse ages, bodies, sexual orientations, ethnicities and (dis)abilities. During this stage, participants provide a tour of their wardrobes and describe the feelings and memories they attach to their clothes.
- The second stage is a transmedia fashion show featuring the interviewees. This process performs the research, sharing the results with the public through a creative, visual, and familiar medium.
This feminist-driven project created a new approach to understand and transform how men see themselves, interact with each other, and engage with women.