During the semester this course will examine fashion as a form of communication, as a way to use clothes to communicate points of views and ideas in a larger social context. This means that we will look not only at the use of fashion and clothing today, but its historical development and its importance in establishing social hierarchy, gender roles, class and political expression past as well as present. The final goal of the course is a research paper, in which  students develop a topic using both primary and secondary sources to analyze and critically assess their given subject, ending the semester as a blossoming expert in their chosen subject matter.The new twist this semester is that all this is  remote, via Zoom meetings twice a week.  This is a learning curve for us all, so there will be lots of trial and tribulation as we figure out how to run a research seminar with participants from around the world.  I hope you are ready for the exploration. I look forward to seeing you Tuesday JANUARY 19TH.