[Commlist] Call for Papers: ‘Queer Celebrities: Fashion, Style and Influence in Popular Culture’

Call for Papers: Fashion, Style & Popular Culture

Special Issue: ‘Queer Celebrities: Fashion, Style and Influence in 
Popular Culture’

View the full call here>>

https://www.intellectbooks.com/fashion-style-popular-culture#call-for-papers 
<https://www.intellectbooks.com/fashion-style-popular-culture#call-for-papers>

Fashion, Style & Popular Cultureinvites scholars, critics and artists to 
submit papers for a Special Issue exploring the intersection of 
queerness, celebrity culture, fashion and style. How are queer 
celebrities influencing, shaping and transforming popular culture 
through their fashion and stylistic choices? We are interested in 
contributions that critically engage with the roles of queer celebrities 
in fashion as agents of change, as symbols of resistance, and as 
architects of a more inclusive and diverse cultural landscape.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Iconography and Symbolism:Symbols, motifs in queer celebrities’ fashion 
choices.

Fashion and Activism: Queer celebrities using fashion for activism, 
advocacy, social change.

Queer Aesthetics and Design:Queer aesthetics in celebrity fashion 
designers and stylists.

Media Representation:Queer celebrity portrayals in film, tv, music 
videos, digital media.

Queer Influencers:Tension between self-commodification and contributing 
to queer culture.

Fan Culture and Imitation:Queer celebrity fashion in imitation, cosplay, 
fan communities.

Queer Celebrity Fashion Brand Collaborations:Impact on brand and 
consumer behaviour.

Body Politics and Gender Fluidity:How queer celebrities challenge 
conventional body. norms and gender binaries through fashion, including 
impact on societal norms.

Queer Celebrities and the Fashion Industry: Impact on fashion industry’s 
sizing, fit, gender neutrality.

Identity:Queer celebrity fashion and identity formation, self-expression.

Intersectionality and Global Perspectives:Global influence of queer 
celebrities on fashion and diverse expressions of queerness in different 
cultural contexts.

Queer or Queer baiting? Exploitation of the queer market through queer 
fashion and style.

Each topic invites contributors to delve into the multifaceted 
relationship between queer celebrities and the world of fashion. We 
encourage submissions that offer unique, including non-western, 
perspectives, interdisciplinary approaches and innovative methodologies.

The deadline for manuscripts of 5000–7000 words (using Intellect House 
Style) is 1 July 2025.

Please visit the journal website for Notes for Contributors:

https://www.intellectbooks.com/fashion-style-popular-culture#call-for-papers 
<https://www.intellectbooks.com/fashion-style-popular-culture#call-for-papers>

Please submit full manuscripts for double blind peer-review to Dirk 
Reynders at (dirk_reynders /at/ hotmail.com) <mailto:(dirk_reynders /at/ hotmail.com)>.

Questions regarding journal standards and submissions should be sent to 
Hilde Van den Buck at (hdv26 /at/ drexel.edu) <mailto:(hdv26 /at/ drexel.edu)>.

General questions regarding the journal can be sent to Joseph H. 
Hancock, II at (joseph.hancockii /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(joseph.hancockii /at/ gmail.com)>.


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