The decline of the tie: A social investigation.
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Example fashion dissertation topic 4:
The decline of the tie: A social investigation.
From cravat, to bow-tie, through kipper, and to the skinny leather of the mods, neckwear has been evident in men’s clothing since Roman times. However, with the advent first of ‘dress down Fridays’ and, more recently, the embracing of non-tie wearing as a way of being ‘at one with the people’ by the political elite, the tie as an essential component of the wardrobe of the white collar working male seems threatened. This dissertation charts the rise and fall of the tie as a social phenomenon within fashion trends, charting its earliest usage to its variegated forms in the 1960s to its present day status.
Suggested initial topic reading:
- Coelho, P.R. and McClure, J.E. (1993). ‘Toward an economic theory of fashion’. Economic Inquiry, vol. 31(4), pp. 595-608.
- Crane, D. (2001). Fashion and its social agendas: Class, gender, and identity in clothing. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Pendergast, S., Pendergast, T. and Hermsen, S. (2004). Fashion, costume, and culture: clothing, headwear, body decorations, and footwear through the ages, vol. 3. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
