Marilyn Delong
Biographic Data
| ID | 1633968 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marilyn Delong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marilyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Delong |
| SIGNATURE | DELONG M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2133-4723 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Perspectives of Fashion Designers in the United States on Motivation to Create and Copyright Protection
This qualitative study explored the motivations for fashion designers in the United States to engage in creative processes, the intrinsic values designers associate with their fashion creations, and whether extending copyright protections would effectively stimulate more innovation. Through in-depth interviews with 16 U.S. fashion designers, the researchers found that designers are driven by a complex interplay of intrinsic and extrinsic motivati…
CSA Scholars’ Roundtable: 1973 To 2073: The Past, Present, and Future of Dress Studies
The Costume Society of America (CSA) Scholars’ Roundtable Honor recognizes scholars who exemplify high standards in dress scholarship. At the annual symposium the scholars choose, present, and lead
A lifetime in the workplace: Continuity and change in image management of working women in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota
Professional women engage with individual and social issues of ageing, appearance and identity throughout their lives. The challenges professional women have faced since the 1970s have changed as to how they view themselves in new and varied contemporary careers and their perceptions of how others view them. Eleven career women in the Twin Cities, MN, were interviewed about how they managed their appearances throughout their careers. Responses we…
Promoting Sustainable Clothing Behavior in South Korea with Focus on Users of Secondhand Clothing
The aim of this study is to learn what is needed to improve the user’s experience of the purchase and wearing of used clothing from the secondhand marketplace. In South Korea user experiences related to purchase of secondhand clothing have been most positive when related to luxury accessories, such as designer handbags. Few studies explore the experience of South Koreans with other categories of secondhand clothing; therefore, for the purpose of …
The Pussyhat PROJECTTM: Its form and meaning in defining women’s resistance
An item of headwear, the pussy hat, made news in 2017 when women gathered through social media and local events to create the iconic hat. The hat became a part of the Women’s March that took place in January in Washington DC as well as in cities such as St. Paul, Minnesota. This research involves participant observation of the hat-making process and the hat wearing during marches in Washington DC and Minnesota. Findings revealed the effectiveness…
Patterns of Dressing and Wardrobe Practices of Women 55+ Years Living in Minnesota
This research investigated the experiences of women, average age of 72 years with active lifestyles and living in one locale in the USA. Experiences of these 54 women with desired appearances and dressing patterns were determined through a survey and selected follow-up interviews. Keeping an up-to-date appearance was important to these women, as was dressing in a coordinated manner and to be neat, clean, and comfortable. The results showed a numb…
Designing Fashion’s Future, Present Practice and Tactics for Sustainable Change: Alice Payne. 2021 London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
"Designing Fashion’s Future, Present Practice and Tactics for Sustainable Change." Fashion Practice, 13(2), pp. 324–325
Classic design: From cultural knowledge to individual experience
Understanding the aesthetic response to classic design has become a prominent part of the consumption process. Classic design has been equated with understanding its artistic forms through the user because aesthetic response to classic design is influenced by personal desires that are informed by, and part of, collective cultural knowledge. It is, therefore, essential to understand the aesthetic response to classic design as an expression of cult…
Collaborative economy and shared clothing: Sustainable clothing use of retired Korean men
The concept of a ‘sharing economy’ and practice of ‘collaborative consumption’ suggest making use of market intelligence to foster a more collaborative and sustainable society. The clothing behaviour of retired men can be explained by social and economic changes that expose them to new cultural influences. Our goal was to evaluate the probability of success of a clothing sharing service in a collaborative economy. Hence, we examined the possibili…
Comparison of patterns of dressing for two generations within a local context
This research explores the dressing patterns of two generations of women with similar educational levels, and both located in the upper Midwest, USA. Based upon a review of the theories about dressing, the expectation was that differences in patterns of dressing would arise between the two groups that differed in age and generational cohort group. This is significant in today’s milieu in which sustainable best practices from fast to slow fashion …
Exploring Esthetic Response to Classic as a Means to Slow Fashion
This study used the framework of esthetic response to analyze student perceptions of outerwear coats as one apparel product considered for its potential for extended wear. Through a pilot, six coats were selected from an historic collection spanning the twentieth century that were deemed to range in respect to the concept of classic design. Undergraduate students (n = 55) in a design communication and trends course were asked to respond to the si…
Defining Female Self Sexualization for the Twenty-First Century
Chinese young generation’s perceptions and consumption of clothing for sustainability
This research explored the concept of sustainability related to the clothing practices of design students attending a university in Shanghai. Participants included 29 males and 36 female students who completed a survey about their wearing of specific clothing categories, their perceptions of the importance of the need for sustainability in the clothing they wear and sustainable practices regarding their clothing. Data were analysed, compared betw…
Ten Years of Fashion Practice
This issue marks 10 years of Fashion Practice: The Journal of Design, Creative Process and the Fashion Industry. Over these 10 years, scholars and practitioners have reflected on fashion practice w
Perspectives on 10 Years of Fashion Practice
Rebirth Product Development for Sustainable Apparel Design Practice in a Design Studio Class
A continuous collaborative design process is explored within an educational–industry partnership involving critique, redesign and refinement, in which unsold products were upcycled and reconsidered for their appropriateness to brand esthetics and consumer use. Such collaborative partnerships help to prevent the wasteful disposal of unsold products. Students who experience the collaborative and iterative process early in their education may learn …
Sustainable clothing from the older female user’s perspective
This research explores clothing sustainability from the perspective of female users over age 50 and their report of their experiences with long-used clothing. Participants included 50 US and 50 South Korean consumers who were asked to respond to a survey of eight open-ended questions concerning sustainable clothing in their wardrobes and probing for attributes and sustainable strategies related to selected clothing they still wore. Interviews wit…
Exploring an Up-cycling Design Process for Apparel Design Education
The increased need to consider sustainability in the field of apparel is gaining awareness among designers, producers, marketers, and consumers who are currently considering their next moves in the arena of apparel products, design, and innovation. The paradox of fast fashion and the pursuit of modernity, alongside the need to care for the earth’s resources in a sustainable manner that includes social, economic, and environmental impacts, is a di…
Redesigning Fashion: An Analysis and Categorization of Women’s Clothing Upcycling Behavior
Upcycling used clothing could transform textile waste into raw materials for new fashion items. Our research goals were to add a longitudinal element to previous research which engaged female focus group participants in a collaborative upcycling project, to further understand motivations for upcycling used clothing, and to identify common characteristics of those who choose to upcycle. Upcycling behavior of 30 women (mean age 44, 87% Caucasian) w…
The Emerging Korean Designer in the South Korean Fashion Industry: Interview with Yoon Kyung Lee
The Korean Fashion Industry has influenced the reputation of South Korea by establishing powerful partners in industrial design, movies, film design, lifestyle design, and the entertainment industr
Exploring a Sustainable Social Norm in Korean Wedding Culture
Curating Cinderella: A holiday extravaganza at Marshall Field’s
This article explores how a department store holiday extravaganza contributed towards the dialogue between fashion, museums and popular culture and the ways in which holiday displays pushed the boundaries of costume conception and exhibition. Key components of Marshall Field’s 1991 holiday spectacle were the Cinderella gowns presented as a uniquely curated costume ‘exhibition’ highlighting imaginative designs of Zandra Rhodes. The commission of s…
Redefining, Redesigning Fashion: Designs for Sustainability
Eyewear, Fashion, Design, and Health
(2013). Eyewear, Fashion, Design, and Health. Fashion Practice: Vol. 5, Fashion, Health and Wellbeing, pp. 117-127
Tactile Response and Shifting Touch Preference
Tactile response is explored through recall of subjects for fabric preferences. Shifts in touch preference may occur in one's experience and require bringing the touch experience to one's awareness. To investigate such shifts in preference, subjects who were studying to be designers taking an introductory design course were asked in an open-ended format to describe fabrics they liked to touch. Responses from 123 subjects were analyzed and the thr…
Apparel for the Senses: The Use and Meaning of Fragrances
Hooked on Vintage
May I Touch it
An understanding of the way we perceive touch and come to prefer certain sensory experiences is a first step toward including the sensation of touch in the design and communication of products. Early memories of touch are explored from a design and cultural perspective. Experiences of design students from China (109) and the United States (108) are compared based upon tapping their responses of early touch memories. Responses are communicated usi…
Touch Memories and the Influence of Gender
The way we perceive and experience touch is a first step in understanding how touch influences design and designers. Early memories of touch were explored among male and female design students taking classes at a large US metropolitan university. Male and female students were compared in terms of recall of what was touched and how it felt. Response categories of what was touched were similar between males and females, although contexts and exposu…
User Perceptions of Technology Adoption and Implementation: A Case Study of Footwear Production in a Global Market
For any technological innovation to be adopted within a corporation, the role of the user must be considered in the acceptance process. As an effective strategy to gain empirical data, a case study method was employed to examine user perceptions in a world leading US footwear company. The company's own patented prototyping technology, called the Virtual Sampling (VS) system, was selected for study in 2007. Employees who were using the VS system w…
Innovation and Sustainability at Nike
(2009). Innovation and Sustainability at Nike. Fashion Practice: Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 109-113
Immersed in the Creative Process: Robert Hillestad is Interviewed by Marilyn DeLong
KEYWORDS: creativityeducationdesigninnovationprocess
A Consumer Vision for Sustainable Fashion Practice
Sustainability in fashion is going to require transformative changes in the practices of all involved: designers, manufacturers, marketers, and consumers. But consumers especially need a vision for sustainable fashion practice. This study directs attention toward a new type of fashion practice based on transformative acts in the consumption process. The research objective was to examine fashion practices related to a consumer's desire for a uniqu…
Tactile Response and Shifting Touch Preference
Tactile response is explored through recall of subjects for fabric preferences. Shifts in touch preference may occur in one's experience and require bringing the touch experience to one's awareness. To investigate such shifts in preference, subjects who were studying to be designers taking an introductory design course were asked in an open-ended format to describe fabrics they liked to touch. Responses from 123 subjects were analyzed and the thr…
Eyewear, Fashion, Design, and Health
(2013). Eyewear, Fashion, Design, and Health. Fashion Practice: Vol. 5, Fashion, Health and Wellbeing, pp. 117-127
Curating Cinderella: A holiday extravaganza at Marshall Field’s
This article explores how a department store holiday extravaganza contributed towards the dialogue between fashion, museums and popular culture and the ways in which holiday displays pushed the boundaries of costume conception and exhibition. Key components of Marshall Field’s 1991 holiday spectacle were the Cinderella gowns presented as a uniquely curated costume ‘exhibition’ highlighting imaginative designs of Zandra Rhodes. The commission of s…
Redefining, Redesigning Fashion: Designs for Sustainability
The Emerging Korean Designer in the South Korean Fashion Industry: Interview with Yoon Kyung Lee
The Korean Fashion Industry has influenced the reputation of South Korea by establishing powerful partners in industrial design, movies, film design, lifestyle design, and the entertainment industr
Exploring a Sustainable Social Norm in Korean Wedding Culture
Sustainable clothing from the older female user’s perspective
This research explores clothing sustainability from the perspective of female users over age 50 and their report of their experiences with long-used clothing. Participants included 50 US and 50 South Korean consumers who were asked to respond to a survey of eight open-ended questions concerning sustainable clothing in their wardrobes and probing for attributes and sustainable strategies related to selected clothing they still wore. Interviews wit…
Exploring an Up-cycling Design Process for Apparel Design Education
The increased need to consider sustainability in the field of apparel is gaining awareness among designers, producers, marketers, and consumers who are currently considering their next moves in the arena of apparel products, design, and innovation. The paradox of fast fashion and the pursuit of modernity, alongside the need to care for the earth’s resources in a sustainable manner that includes social, economic, and environmental impacts, is a di…
Redesigning Fashion: An Analysis and Categorization of Women’s Clothing Upcycling Behavior
Upcycling used clothing could transform textile waste into raw materials for new fashion items. Our research goals were to add a longitudinal element to previous research which engaged female focus group participants in a collaborative upcycling project, to further understand motivations for upcycling used clothing, and to identify common characteristics of those who choose to upcycle. Upcycling behavior of 30 women (mean age 44, 87% Caucasian) w…
Chinese young generation’s perceptions and consumption of clothing for sustainability
This research explored the concept of sustainability related to the clothing practices of design students attending a university in Shanghai. Participants included 29 males and 36 female students who completed a survey about their wearing of specific clothing categories, their perceptions of the importance of the need for sustainability in the clothing they wear and sustainable practices regarding their clothing. Data were analysed, compared betw…
Ten Years of Fashion Practice
This issue marks 10 years of Fashion Practice: The Journal of Design, Creative Process and the Fashion Industry. Over these 10 years, scholars and practitioners have reflected on fashion practice w
Perspectives on 10 Years of Fashion Practice
Rebirth Product Development for Sustainable Apparel Design Practice in a Design Studio Class
A continuous collaborative design process is explored within an educational–industry partnership involving critique, redesign and refinement, in which unsold products were upcycled and reconsidered for their appropriateness to brand esthetics and consumer use. Such collaborative partnerships help to prevent the wasteful disposal of unsold products. Students who experience the collaborative and iterative process early in their education may learn …
Comparison of patterns of dressing for two generations within a local context
This research explores the dressing patterns of two generations of women with similar educational levels, and both located in the upper Midwest, USA. Based upon a review of the theories about dressing, the expectation was that differences in patterns of dressing would arise between the two groups that differed in age and generational cohort group. This is significant in today’s milieu in which sustainable best practices from fast to slow fashion …
Exploring Esthetic Response to Classic as a Means to Slow Fashion
This study used the framework of esthetic response to analyze student perceptions of outerwear coats as one apparel product considered for its potential for extended wear. Through a pilot, six coats were selected from an historic collection spanning the twentieth century that were deemed to range in respect to the concept of classic design. Undergraduate students (n = 55) in a design communication and trends course were asked to respond to the si…
Defining Female Self Sexualization for the Twenty-First Century
Classic design: From cultural knowledge to individual experience
Understanding the aesthetic response to classic design has become a prominent part of the consumption process. Classic design has been equated with understanding its artistic forms through the user because aesthetic response to classic design is influenced by personal desires that are informed by, and part of, collective cultural knowledge. It is, therefore, essential to understand the aesthetic response to classic design as an expression of cult…
Computer Science (18 works) · Psychology (18 works) · Fashion and Cultural Textiles (17 works) · Business (16 works) · Clothing (14 works) · Political science (14 works) · Crafts, Textile, and Design (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Art (10 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (8 works)