Clothing Cultures

Aims & Scope

We all wear clothes.

We are all therefore invested at some level in the production and consumption of clothing.

This journal intends to embrace issues and themes that are both universal and personal, addressing (and dressing) us all.

Increasingly, as we all become accomplished semioticians, clothing becomes the key signifier in determining social interaction and behaviour, and sartorial norms dictate socio-cultural appropriateness.

Following the rise of fashion theory, on an everyday level, we all understand that our clothes ‘say' something about us, about our times, nation and system of values.

Yet clothing is not fashion; clothing is a term derivative from ‘cloth', to cover the body, whereas fashion alludes to the glamorous, the ephemeral and the avant garde.

We wear clothes, but imagine fashion – an unattainable ideal.

This double-blind peer-reviewed journal also offers a forum for the discussion of textiles and their significance in the production and consumption of clothing and thus solicits papers from textile historians, designers and design professionals.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	26579

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	9

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.127

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	3

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Motivations for and against second-hand clothing acquisition

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Kirsi, Ingun Grimstad

• The subversive selfie: Redefining the mediated subject

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Lisa

• It’s your fault you’re fat: Judgements of responsibility and social conduct in the fashion industry

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Deborah A.

• Clothing reuse: The potential in informal exchange

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Kirsi, Ingun Grimstad

• Wool you wear it? – Woollen garments in Norway and the United Kingdom

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Marie, Ingun G., Joanne

• Re-fashioning the garment industry: Exploring innovations for a circular economy

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Talia

• Adorned in dreams

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Else

• Designing a sustainable future through fashion education

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Natascha

• Emotional Fit: Developing a new fashion methodology with older women

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Katherine, Juliana, Ania

• Designing a sustainable brand strategy for the fashion industry

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Debbie, Danielle

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