A sense of forgetting and remembering

Memories of smell and clothing

Bibliographic Data

ID21214101
AuthorsJulie Macindoe (0000-0001-8246-1289, MIT University, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume5
Issue3
Pages377-389
Publication date2018-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueClothing Cultures (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2050-0742 • E-ISSN: 2050-0750
PublisherIntellect (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1386/cc.5.3.377_1
OpenAlexW2947391959
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited9

This article gives focus to the residue of smell in the everyday, dressed experience. Through collected narratives and memories, the research uncovers some of the personal and shared practices in negotiating smell and clothing: The smell of a father’s jacket acts as a reconciliation, and in its transferral of ownership, constructs an identity. A jumper, sprayed with the promise and artifice of fragrance, forms an aroma of deception to negate a visual appearance. And a traveller’s wardrobe reminds that smelly clothing is not a socially neutral experience but a negotiation of our sense of self. Embedding smell in the material context of clothing brings smell beyond the fleshy surface to the dressed body, provoking decisions to forget or remember the body that once inhabited its materiality

Aesthetics · Art · Clothing · Literature · Narrative · Negotiation · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · History · Psychology · Social Psychology

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