TY - BOOK AU - Byrne,Fiona TI - 'An investigation of how contemporary menswear fashion challenges and undermines current theoretical understandings of hegemonic masculinity'. [Extended Essay] U1 - Thesis Fashion, Knitwear and Textile Design 01/17 PY - 2017/// CY - Limerick : PB - Limerick Institute of Technology/Limerick School of Art and Design KW - Gender KW - Fashion KW - Masculinity within Fashion KW - Fashion, Knitwear and Textile theses KW - Extended essays KW - Fashion, Knitwear and Textile Design KW - Theses KW - LSAD KW - Clare Street N1 - Thesis submitted for B.A. (Hons) in Fashion, Knitwear and Textile Design 2017; Includes bibliographical references and appendices; The aim of this essay is to identify the role of the masculine within contemporary fashion, and how fashion contributes to both the formation and disruption of existing hegemonic masculinity. By exploring serveral ideologies of gender and masculinity and applying them to examples within the fashion industry, I attempt to give an account of the current state of masculinity in fashion today, be it for beter or for worse. [Abstract] ER -