Couples and Chronic Illness; Fashion and Dress in Later Life
Laurie Taylor discusses a study exploring the links between clothing and age. Also, how couples deal with chronic illness.
Fashion and dress in later life: Laurie Taylor talks to the sociologist, Julia Twigg, about her study into the links between clothing and age. Throughout history certain forms and styles of dress have been deemed appropriate for people as they get older. Older women, in particular, have been advised to dress in toned down, covered up styles. Drawing on fashion theory and cultural gerontology, Professor Twigg interviewed older women, fashion editors, clothing designers and retailers. She asks if the emergence of a 'grey market' is finally shifting cultural norms and trends. The broadcaster, writer and fashion enthusiast, Robert Elms, joins the discussion.
Also, Research Student, Eloise Radcliffe, discusses her study into how couples cope when one develops a chronic illness.
Producer: Jayne Egerton.
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Eloise Radcliffe
Research Student, King’s College London
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Abstract: Co-construction of chronic illness narratives by older stroke survivors and their spouses
Eloise Radcliffe, Karen Lowton, Myfanwy Morgan
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12012
Sociology of Health & Illness
Volume 35, Issue 7, pages 993–1007, September 2013
Julia Twigg
Professor of Social Policy and Sociology, University of Kent
Find out more about Julia Twigg
Fashion and Age: Dress, the Body and Later Life
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-10: 1847886957
ISBN-13: 978-1847886958
Project: Clothing & Age – The changing role of dress in the constitution of age
Robert Elms
English writer and broadcaster
Find out more about Robert Elms
The Way We Wore: A Life In Threads
Publisher: Picador
ISBN-10: 0330420321
ISBN-13: 978-0330420327
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