Tracy Diane Cassidy
Biographic Data
| ID | 9417977 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tracy Diane Cassidy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tracy Diane |
| FAMILY NAME | Cassidy |
| SIGNATURE | CASSIDY T D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Huddersfield |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8125-8369 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The fashion blogosphere
The role of blogs and bloggers as conduits of fashion information has strengthened through their growing popularity with fashion consumers. Convenience has been identified as a key reason why fashion consumers use the Internet and social media, enabling them to quickly and easily find trend information, new products and retailer discounts. While research into blogs and blogging is growing, little is given of how blog readers perceive and merit th…
Conceptualizing Sustained High Quality Fashion Products in a Devalue Dominated Marketplace
The current fashion system largely sustains an industry through excessive consumer consumption habits resulting in an environmentally unsustainable industry. Fashion trends coupled with mass-production strategies, predominantly within the lower and middle market sectors, is considered by many to have devalued fashion; and has impacted on the higher end of the market, forcing brands to reconsider their quality and price points to remain profitable…
Standard vs. Upcycled Fashion Design and Production
Value streams for collected post-consumer textiles continue to be analyzed within the global challenge to develop and employ commercially viable, yet ethical and sustainable strategies within the fashion industry. Upcycling is an existing strategy applicable to fashion production, with discarded materials used to design and create higher value products, keeping them in productive use for longer. A number of very small, niche upcycling enterprises…
Lolita fashion
While there are some who would argue that the origin of Lolita fashion can be traced back to fiction (namely, the 1955 novel Lolita, which was adapted to film in 1962 and again in 1997) and has relevance to sexual attractiveness with reference to the young, this popular style developed more recently into a subcultural identity in Japan as a distinctive style in its own right. This article regards Lolita as an independent street fashion and subcul…
The Rise of Vintage Fashion and the Vintage Consumer
Amongst other factors, the current economic climate appears to have contributed to the trend of acquiring and reusing vintage clothing, accessories, and homeware products, particularly with young consumers. The popularity of vintage has also been linked to a change in consumer attitudes towards wearing and utilizing secondhand goods. In addition to a change in attitudes, other factors that contribute to the growth of the vintage trend include a c…
The Mood Board Process Modeled and Understood as a Qualitative Design Research Tool
Mood boards are fundamental tools used in design industries. The term mood board is often used generically to cover a wide range of board types, each having specific uses. The types of boards considered to be a vital part of the design process that facilitate creative and innovative thinking and application, as opposed to those associated with marketing to merely present and communicate product to an audience, are the focus of this study. The cre…
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The Mood Board Process Modeled and Understood as a Qualitative Design Research Tool
Mood boards are fundamental tools used in design industries. The term mood board is often used generically to cover a wide range of board types, each having specific uses. The types of boards considered to be a vital part of the design process that facilitate creative and innovative thinking and application, as opposed to those associated with marketing to merely present and communicate product to an audience, are the focus of this study. The cre…
The Rise of Vintage Fashion and the Vintage Consumer
Amongst other factors, the current economic climate appears to have contributed to the trend of acquiring and reusing vintage clothing, accessories, and homeware products, particularly with young consumers. The popularity of vintage has also been linked to a change in consumer attitudes towards wearing and utilizing secondhand goods. In addition to a change in attitudes, other factors that contribute to the growth of the vintage trend include a c…
Lolita fashion
While there are some who would argue that the origin of Lolita fashion can be traced back to fiction (namely, the 1955 novel Lolita, which was adapted to film in 1962 and again in 1997) and has relevance to sexual attractiveness with reference to the young, this popular style developed more recently into a subcultural identity in Japan as a distinctive style in its own right. This article regards Lolita as an independent street fashion and subcul…
Conceptualizing Sustained High Quality Fashion Products in a Devalue Dominated Marketplace
The current fashion system largely sustains an industry through excessive consumer consumption habits resulting in an environmentally unsustainable industry. Fashion trends coupled with mass-production strategies, predominantly within the lower and middle market sectors, is considered by many to have devalued fashion; and has impacted on the higher end of the market, forcing brands to reconsider their quality and price points to remain profitable…
Standard vs. Upcycled Fashion Design and Production
Value streams for collected post-consumer textiles continue to be analyzed within the global challenge to develop and employ commercially viable, yet ethical and sustainable strategies within the fashion industry. Upcycling is an existing strategy applicable to fashion production, with discarded materials used to design and create higher value products, keeping them in productive use for longer. A number of very small, niche upcycling enterprises…
The fashion blogosphere
The role of blogs and bloggers as conduits of fashion information has strengthened through their growing popularity with fashion consumers. Convenience has been identified as a key reason why fashion consumers use the Internet and social media, enabling them to quickly and easily find trend information, new products and retailer discounts. While research into blogs and blogging is growing, little is given of how blog readers perceive and merit th…
Fashion and Cultural Textiles (5 works) · Advertising (4 works) · Business (4 works) · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (4 works) · Clothing (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Fast fashion (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)