DEDICATED FOLLOWERS OF FASHION - TAASA Review September 2022

DEDICATED FOLLOWERS OF FASHION – TAASA Review September 2022

This article was originally found in the September 2022 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 4).

The full article is available for free to TAASA Members.

Marianne Hulsbosch T he one element we have in common with our ancestors throughout human history is that we practice some form of body adornment.

These highly practical and necessary pursuits are in fact the bedrock of human activity (Polhemus 2018).

To customise, enhance, decorate or manipulate the body is at the very heart of human nature (Polhemus and Randall 1997)...