Nicola Brajato
Biographic Data
| ID | 3081352 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicola Brajato |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicola |
| FAMILY NAME | Brajato |
| SIGNATURE | BRAJATO N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Antwerp |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8150-1717 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Dressing Biopolitics, or Can Dress Be Considered a Biopolitical Dispositive
Ambiguous gaze
The study of masculinity has recently become relevant to the field of fashion studies. However, fashion is still underrepresented in the field of men’s studies, which hardly takes into account its importance in the cultural construction of masculinities. This article aims to build a bridge between these two fields through the analysis of fashion designer Dirk Bikkembergs. Known as part of the internationally established ‘Antwerp Six’ and for his …
‘Designing with a hard-on’
This article aims to contribute to the existing literature on Antwerp-trained designer Bernhard Willhelm by highlighting his dissident intervention in the redefinition of the relationship between masculinity and sexuality. To do so, it analyses the different designs and visual strategies through which Willhelm has queered what I define as the ‘hegemonic male dressed body’ – a specific type of embodiment at the intersection of hegemonic masculinit…
Masculinity, Identity and Body Politics in the Interzone
Belgian designer Raf Simons is internationally known for his leadership in avant-garde menswear and his willingness to break with conventional perceptions of masculinity. Nevertheless, his intervention in this field has not been the subject of a thorough academic investigation to date. Focusing specifically on the revisioning of the male body and men’s fashion in Simons’s critical fashion practices, this article aims to offer an original reading …
Ambiguous gaze
The study of masculinity has recently become relevant to the field of fashion studies. However, fashion is still underrepresented in the field of men’s studies, which hardly takes into account its importance in the cultural construction of masculinities. This article aims to build a bridge between these two fields through the analysis of fashion designer Dirk Bikkembergs. Known as part of the internationally established ‘Antwerp Six’ and for his …
‘Designing with a hard-on’
This article aims to contribute to the existing literature on Antwerp-trained designer Bernhard Willhelm by highlighting his dissident intervention in the redefinition of the relationship between masculinity and sexuality. To do so, it analyses the different designs and visual strategies through which Willhelm has queered what I define as the ‘hegemonic male dressed body’ – a specific type of embodiment at the intersection of hegemonic masculinit…
Masculinity, Identity and Body Politics in the Interzone
Belgian designer Raf Simons is internationally known for his leadership in avant-garde menswear and his willingness to break with conventional perceptions of masculinity. Nevertheless, his intervention in this field has not been the subject of a thorough academic investigation to date. Focusing specifically on the revisioning of the male body and men’s fashion in Simons’s critical fashion practices, this article aims to offer an original reading …
Ambiguous gaze
The study of masculinity has recently become relevant to the field of fashion studies. However, fashion is still underrepresented in the field of men’s studies, which hardly takes into account its importance in the cultural construction of masculinities. This article aims to build a bridge between these two fields through the analysis of fashion designer Dirk Bikkembergs. Known as part of the internationally established ‘Antwerp Six’ and for his …
Dressing Biopolitics, or Can Dress Be Considered a Biopolitical Dispositive
Aesthetics (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Fashion and Cultural Textiles (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Art, Politics, and Modernism (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Masculinity (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works)