*CFP* "FASHION, PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE EROTIC", FASHION, STYLE & POPULAR CULTURE JOURNAL

Fashion and photography have for long influenced how we look at sexuality. From the iconic and sexually charged advertisements of Calvin Klein and Benetton in the 1980s, to the heroin chic movement of the 1990s, the connection between fashion, photography and sexuality has been ever present. Recently the rise in popularity of the ‘fashion film’ as well as a growing trend for collaborations and crossovers by photographers, designers and artists have brought new dimensions to this subject matter, further blurring the lines between fashion, fine art and pornography.

Whether perceived as distasteful, shocking, interesting, or thought provoking, it has nonetheless continued to be a highly relevant and influential reflection of the societal issues. This special issue of Fashion, Style & Popular Culture is aimed at all aspects of fashion and photography as they relate to contemporary sexuality, as well as their intersections with film, music videos and social media. The call is open to written manuscripts as well as visual art that fall within the category. All topics will be double-blind peer-reviewed.

Potential topics include:

• Exploring the erotic from the lens of fashion photography 
• Construction of sexual identify through fashion and photography 
• Influencing trends and mainstream style 
• LGBTQ and contemporary fashion photography 
• Rise of gender-fluidity and androgyny with fashion media 
• Relations between fashion film and the social media 
• The female gaze as redefining contemporary sexuality 
• Intersection and crossover between fashion, photography and porn 
• Fetishism and fashion photography 
• Fashion photography as social and political commentary 
• Submission, homoeroticism and gender role reversal in fashion

Manuscripts and abstracts should be submitted by 1 December 2018 to Ali Khan at: ali.khan@network.rca.ac.uk

Questions should be send to Principal Editor, Joseph H. Hancock, II at: joseph.hancockii@gmail.com

Guest Editors: Ali Khan, Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar, School of the Arts