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On Power

The More You Subtract, The More You Add

Opinion

The More You Subtract, The More You Add

On Disempowering Women Through Fashion Advertising

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As far as I know, I was the first person to study the image of women in advertising. I started collecting ads in the late 1960s, tearing them out of magazines and putting them on my refrigerator with magnets. Gradually I began to see a pattern in the ads and to see certain themes emerging – such as the tyranny of the ideal image of beauty, the dismemberment and objectification of the female body, the obsession with thinness, and the normalisation of sexual assault and battering.

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What Does Power Look Like to You? Part One

Interview

What Does Power Look Like to You? Part One

Q&A on Power Dressing

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Continuing from Vestoj’s fourth issue, ‘On Fashion and Power’, Dr Anna Akbari’s series speaks with individuals who each hold positions of relative power within their industry. Akbari reveals how our choice of clothing reflects and shapes our vocation, speaking more broadly about how we wear power and the often under-recognised significance of this relationship.

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What Does Power Look Like to You? Part Two

Interview

What Does Power Look Like to You? Part Two

Q&A on Power Dressing

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Dr Anna Akbari’s series of conversations with individuals who each hold positions of relative power within their particular industry reveals the way we wear power within a workplace and position. What makes us look and feel powerful is an experience that is entirely specific and personal to an individual and their vocation, constructed in the subtle details and signifiers of dress – such as a retro iPhone, or vintage-style Warby Parker frames – that help to maintain propriety and confidence within the relevant industry.

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