vintage
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Gender
Link Between Representation and Identity: How Self-Embodiment is Fueling Gender Fluidity
From a young age, some choices as basic as color schemes are used to separate one gender from another—blue for boys, pink for girls. In a cultural, societal and political world that is increasingly gender-fluid, however, the line that divides males and females within the fashion sphere has blurred significantly,…
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Athens-Clarke County
Vic’s Vintage Owner Uses Business to Build Relationships
Victor Peel has traveled the world and back to bring pieces of culture to Athens, Georgia. He is the owner of Vic’s Vintage on East Broad Street. You can see him and his manager, Kieran Thurman, setting pieces outside the shop to attract buyers on a daily basis. Many say…
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Athens-Clarke County
How One University of Georgia Student Supports Sustainability
Siobhan Britt is the founder and designer of PNKLMN, a vintage t-shirt shop in Athens, Georgia, that practices sustainable fashion. Melissa Ray, head of the sustainability certificate at the University of Georgia, defines sustainability as “utilizing resources in a way that guarantees their continued availability for future generations.” Britt…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens Businesses, Customers Connect at Community Store
On the shelves of Community one can find the latest pop record album produced by an Athens musician, a vintage denim jacket embroidered by hand with new thread and jewelry made by a friend or neighbor. In addition to teaching sewing classes and performing alteration services, Community supplies prints, postcards,…