Extending the diversity conversation: Fashion consumption experiences of underrepresented and underserved women |
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| Authors: | Lena Cavusoglu Deniz Atik |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Management, Marketing, and International Business, Thomas School of Business, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina, USA;2. Department of Marketing, Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas, USA |
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| Abstract: | This research brings in the voice of underserved and underrepresented women of various racial or ethnic origins and social classes, who have differing buying powers, sexual orientations, body shapes, and physical appearances, into the conversation of fashion diversity. Through a qualitative inquiry with 38 semi-structured in-depth interviews, the researchers analyzed the consumption experiences of diverse women to expose what the fashion scene is lacking. The study's main contribution is the depiction of overlooked diversity categories in fashion, such as the non-White and non-Black women of color, women of average sizes, and women with characteristics that the fashion industry has long seen as flaws. For women's physical and psychological well-being, the authors of this study hope to lead fashion producers and researchers into a new era of diversity and minimize certain consumer groups' exclusion through discrimination, isolation, and segregation. |
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| Keywords: | fashion consumption fashion diversity underrepresented consumers |
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