Criminology of Fashion

Exploring how clothing becomes connected to crime, control, identity and social judgement

This section introduces a growing collection of articles examining the criminology of fashion: how dress can become associated with deviance, suspicion, authority, punishment, organised crime, counterfeit markets, cultural theft and resistance. The articles explore how garments and appearance influence the ways people are classified, watched, trusted, excluded and understood within society.

Explore the articles below and begin the Criminology of Fashion series.