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This volume presents a collection of the most recent knowledge on the relationship between gender and fashion in historical and contemporary contexts. Through fourteen essays divided into three segments - how dress creates, disrupts and transcends gender - the chapters investigate gender issues through the lens of fashion.

A PDF version of this book is available for free in Open Access: Crossing Gender Boundaries. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License and is part of Knowledge Unlatched.

Andrew Reilly is professor at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, where he teaches courses related to behavioural aspects of fashion and dress. His research and books examine the intersections of gender and sexuality and post-postmodernism in dress. He is founder and editor of the journal Critical Studies in Men’s Fashion, also published by Intellect.

Ben Barry is dean and associate professor of equity and inclusion in the School of Fashion at Parsons School of Design. His research explores fashion and body diversity in everyday dress and design practice, practice-based fashion research methodologies and academic leadership for cultural change in fashion education. He is the co-founder and co-convenor of the Parsons Disabled Fashion Student Programme, a recruitment, scholarship and mentorship initiative for Disabled students.

Contact: Parsons School of Design, 66 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA.