Connecting transition design and everyday fashion practices

A case of body change and the wardrobe

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54337/plate2025-10409

Keywords:

Transition design, Fashion, Wardrobe, Body change, Everyday fashion

Author Biography

Aniko Gal, University of Ferrara, Italy

Aniko Gal is a researcher working between the fields of fashion, design and anthropology. She completed her Ph.D. in Environmental Sustainability and Wellbeing in March 2025 at the University of Ferrara, in Italy. Her doctoral project examined transitions in dressing culture in reframing concepts of sustainability through an ethnographic fieldwork. Her work combines qualitative research methods including interviews, photos, and wardrobe analysis. She also published a book chapter in Dialogues for Degrowth discussing contradictions and convergence points between fashion and degrowth. She is looking forward continuing to explore how dress connects to the everyday human reality. Her research interests include: transitions, generations and garments, bodily perceptions and dressing, values such as freedom, and dress culture.

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Published

24-06-2025

How to Cite

Gal, A. (2025). Connecting transition design and everyday fashion practices: A case of body change and the wardrobe. Proceedings of the 6th Product Lifetimes and the Environment Conference (PLATE2025), (6). https://doi.org/10.54337/plate2025-10409

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Section

Track 11: Clothing, Footwear, and Accessories – Extended Abstracts